We are supporting our farmers and breeders to underpin the herds to ensure the Dartmoor Pony remains on Dartmoor long into the future. Dartmoor without the Dartmoor Pony is unthinkable, our ponies are the lynchpin to ensuring the landscape flourishes and our ecosystems are supported. They are not just a tourist attraction. The Dartmoor Pony is a keystone species which ensures our biodiversity is maintained and enhanced. To lose them would not only change the equilibrium of the landscape but would be a tragic loss to our cultural heritage.
Conservation and education sit at the heart of everything we do, playing a key part in the thinking process behind all of our decisions. Without your generosity and invaluable help we couldn’t protect the future of the beautiful Dartmoor Pony for future generations. We work tirelessly to create awareness, build exciting opportunities for engagement and educate people about these hardy intelligent creatures who call Dartmoor their home.
The Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust (Registered Charity No. 1109196) was established in 2005 in response to widespread concern about the viability and long-term survival of the traditional Dartmoor Pony.