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A Ringwood man has been disqualified from driving and fined after causing the death of a pony at a notorious New Forest animal accident blackspot.
Powers to impose £100 fines for lighting a barbecue or fire and feeding or petting Forest animals will be brought in, NFDC has confirmed.
A little girl had a close call with a New Forest pony which kicked out after a group appeared to pet the animals.
Autumn pony round-ups between Bransgore and Burley are set to be rescheduled this year to avoid the ground-nesting bird season.
Farmers and agricultural workers from across the New Forest came together for the Lymington Growmore Club’s annual dinner dance and award ceremony
Continuing uncertainty over future funding could spell the end for many New Forest cattle farmers, a leading commoner has warned.
A former commoner campaigning for average speed cameras has spoken of her disappointment at the lack of progress.
A reward of up to £5,000 is being offered in the hunt for a camper van driver who left the scene of a collision which killed a New Forest pony.
Calls have been made for the meat of traditional New Forest pannage pigs to be given special status alongside the likes of Melton Mowbray pork pies.
Lovers of New Forest Pannage Ham have cause to squeal with delight after it gained official UK protected status.
Another Shetland pony has been killed in the New Forest – one of three animal fatalities in a week, the verderers reported.
A miniature Shetland pony has been killed in a suspected hit-and-run – the first fatal New Forest animal accident of the year.
Farmers and landowners are being urged by a New Forest nature charity to take part in the Big Farmland Bird Count.
There is an amusing story about the Bishop’s Dyke near Beaulieu Road station.
The dangers of helium balloons to wildlife have been tragically highlighted by the death of a young deer in Brockenhurst.
Plans to bring in laws to fine people feeding livestock or lighting barbecues in the Forest will empower the public to speak up, NPA chair suggests.
Drivers have been thanked for slowing down on New Forest roads as new figures show animal accidents have continued to fall over the past year.
A small-scale study has found no evidence in the New Forest of a parasite linked to dog faeces which can cause cows to abort.
A small number of New Forest ponies and cattle have died of acorn poisoning as a result of a bumper crop, agisters have reported.
THE prices commoners pay for turning out their animals on the New Forest has been increased.
The family of a children’s show donkey killed in a hit-and-run near Bramshaw have offered a £1,000 reward for help to track down the driver.
