Commoning

THE quality and versatility of New Forest ponies led to a record breaking sale during an online Beaulieu Road auction.

A DONKEY foal has been taken off the Forest to be bottle-fed after its mother was killed in a road accident.

COMMONING farmers in Cadnam are opening their doors in an effort to bridge the gap between the food-producing community and general public.

CAMPSITES within the national park should be shut down and relocated if commoning is to survive, a leading New Forest organisation has warned.

A COW has died after it collided with an New Forest District Council truck, sparking an investigation.

MEMBERS of the public are being warned to keep their distance from pony herds as 20 stallions are released on to the Forest.

A DRIVER who hit a New Forest pony and left it to die in the road without reporting the incident has been sentenced.

SIGNS warning about the dangers of feeding ponies are set to be installed at strategic locations across the New Forest.

CHANGES will be made to the way government money is given to commoners who turn out their animals on the New Forest.

ALL cattle turned out onto the New Forest should be dehorned to protect the public, a commoner has told the Verderers Court.

Well meaning members of the public are putting New Forest livestock at risk, the Official Verderer has warned.

YOUNG people are being helped to continue the ancient practice of commoning through subsidised grazing land in a partnership between Forest organisations and Fawley oil refinery...

AN award worth £2m has been given to the New Forest in a one-year extension to a formerly EU-funded environmental subsidy scheme which has spent £22m on landscapes and commoning...

FOOD left out for New Forest animals led to a pony dying from choking on a carrot and a second requiring emergency veterinary treatment after eating a pie...

A SHOCKING video showing a mare jumping onto a car bonnet to escape the aggression of other ponies during a feeding frenzy in a New Forest car park has prompted calls for more signage telling people not to give treats to the animals...

Concerns were raised that stock fencing along New Forest roads is not strong enough HAMPSHIRE County Council has promised “wherever possible” to use stronger,…

Concerns have been raised that stock fencing along New Forest roads is not strong enough to contain animals HAMPSHIRE County Council is being urged to…

This year more than 13,000 cattle, ponies and donkeys were marked to graze on the New Forest (photo: Graham Wiffen) GOVERNMENT payments to commoners for…

Dionis Macnair was made an MBE in 2010 THE first woman to serve on the Verderers’ Court, Dionis Macnair, has retired nearly half a century after first…

New Copse South Cottage is one of 65 properties managed by Forestry England A DEAL has been struck to resolve a row over the rent Forestry England demands…