Wild Welsh Ponies and Weather

The exceptional long, hot, dry spell of weather in Wales must be creating problems for many animal species. A very graphic illustration has been the news that some 200 feral ponies on a common near Caerphilly are in serious danger of dying of thirst as all the local watering locations have dried out (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-44736112). The water content of any grazed vegetation is also likely to be reduced, exacerbating the problem.