Gelligaer: Ponies found in 'terrible' condition are rescued

A radical of ponies who were rescued aft being recovered successful "terrible" conditions are expected to marque a afloat recovery.

The animals were recovered connected Gelligaer Common, which spans the counties of Caerphilly and Merthyr Tydfil.

The HorseWorld foundation said the ponies were "running wild" connected communal onshore with "no motion of anyone caring for them".

The lawsuit was investigated for a imaginable prosecution, but nary proprietor could beryllium traced.

HorseWorld said it worked with different charities to rescue 25 ponies successful full from the common, earlier bringing 5 of them - present named Pretzel, Peanut, Pumpkin, Peaches and Plum - to unrecorded astatine their tract successful Bristol.

The foundation said determination had not been capable grazing to prolong the animals.

A spokesperson for Caerphilly assembly said neither it nor Merthyr Tydfil assembly had work for the horses.

Sarah Hollister, caput of equine payment astatine HorseWorld, said: "The affirmative quality is each 5 ponies are doing truly good present and are expected to marque a afloat recovery."

She said her squad had started immoderate "very gentle" rehabilitation grooming with the ponies to assistance them get utilized to being handled.

Ms Hollister added: "For ponies similar this, that person apt ne'er had quality contact, we commencement with a mitt connected a rod and dilatory get them utilized to being touched with the trainer remaining astatine a comfy region for them.

"As they judge this, we tin determination a small closer. This is simply a agelong dilatory process which is ne'er rushed, it takes arsenic agelong arsenic it takes. The payment of the horses, their comfortableness and happiness, is paramount."

The foundation said it could instrumentality years for the ponies to beryllium afloat trained and acceptable to embark connected the caller lives up of them.

It added: "Whatever lies ahead, erstwhile a equine oregon pony comes into HorseWorld's attraction we warrant they person a location for life.

"They are harmless for the remainder of their lives."