Census to gather picture of critically endangered breed
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The Newfoundland Pony Society has announced a census to hit upward one's hear the discover together with location of Newfoundland ponies inward the Canadian province.
The census, which includes an endeavor get together history nearly the critically endangered breed, volition conduct hold house until March 29.
It is beingness conducted inward partnership amongst the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland together with Labrador (HFNL).
The Newfoundland Pony is listed equally critically endangered past times Rare Breeds Canada.
It is believed that in that location are fewer than 400 Newfoundland ponies inward North America, amongst alone 250 of these ponies able to survive bred.
“We are collecting information on the discover of Newfoundland ponies living inward Newfoundland together with Labrador together with thence an accurate film of their population tin survive determined,” said Jack Harris, a fellow member of Parliament together with a board fellow member of the Newfoundland Pony Society.
“The hard-working Newfoundland pony was an integral portion of Newfoundlanders’ survival. We take away to operate together to protect 1 of our greatest together with unique natural assets to ensure that the Newfoundland Pony has a house inward our future.”
Conducting the census inquiry for the guild is Joelle Carey, a Masters inward Folklore pupil from Memorial University.
The cultural heritage evolution officeholder amongst the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland together with Labrador, Dale Jarvis, said: “We are pleased to partner amongst the Newfoundland Pony Society on this projection because the stories, noesis together with history associated amongst Newfoundland Ponies are simply equally of import to save equally the breed itself.”
In the early on 1970s, the Newfoundland pony population was nearly 12,000.
By the belatedly 1980s, it had declined to alone 100 animals.
Several factors contributed to the rapid decimation of the pony population. Modern mechanism replaced the pony inward many jobs.
Municipalities enacted laws limiting the keeping of livestock together with availability of pastures. The greatest constituent was the sale of the ponies to livestock dealers on the mainland for the meat merchandise inward Europe.
The Newfoundland Pony is an all-purpose pony together with has many desirable characteristics, including strength, courage, intelligence, obedience, willingness, together with mutual sense. Newfoundland ponies are difficult workers together with slowly keepers.
Physical characteristics include:
- A practiced wintertime animal, beingness all roughly hardy
- A construction that tin vary from fine-boned types to larger stocky types
- Height that tin vary from 11.0 to 14.2 hands
- Coat color tin survive black, brown, chestnut, bay, dun, grey, roan together with white (pink skin)
- Coat is heavy together with sometimes changes color together with grapheme seasonally
- A thick mane together with tail – normally black
- A low-set mane together with tail
- A short, wide caput amongst pocket-size ears
- Flinty, difficult hooves
The Newfoundland Pony Society was founded inward 1979 together with was incorporated inward 1981 equally a registered charity.
In 1994, a resolution was brought to the flooring of the House of Assembly past times Harris that set the groundwork for the protection of the pony. The guild is designated equally the organization responsible for the preservation together with protection of this animal.
Residents of the say who ain a Newfoundland pony or who conduct hold information nearly the pony that they would similar to portion should contact Joelle Carey at 1.888.739.1892, Extension 5. Her e-mail is joelle@heritagefoundation.ca.
More information: www.newfoundlandpony.com.
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