My Wild Life. A story of feral ponies in Wales.

Originally Aired: 11th May 2021

Presenter Bio:

Equine behaviour issue? Want to help horses? Jenni helps caring owners struggling with their equine’s problem behaviour to get a deeper understanding, remove stress, restore partnerships, and change behaviour. She also works with people training to become equine clinical animal behaviourists, runs courses in equine behaviour and training, and is co-director of the Gower Pony Experience C.I.C. A new organisation dedicated to the best practices in conservation grazing with ponies – many of them re-purposed, unwanted semi-feral hill ponies.Jenni is an Animal Behaviour and Training Council (ABTC) Registered Clinical Animal Behaviourist (horses and dogs) and a full member of the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors (APBC). She been practising as an animal behaviourist since establishing her South Wales business in 2005.  Jenni gained er Postgraduate diploma in Companion Animal Behaviour Counselling from the University of Southampton in 2006 and achieved the MSc in 2011 after conducting an in-depth study on the impact of training method on horse welfare and the horse-human relationship. Being a thoroughly horsey lady, Jenni also has an Equine Science degree (BSc Hons) from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth where she was first introduced to hill pony life, through her dissertation field study on Welsh hill pony behaviour.

Presentation Details:

Have you ever wondered about the lives of feral ponies? On a hill in Wales pony population management decreased, and the ponies formed more natural groups. There was a golden window of opportunity to follow these ponies; to watch, learn and record through film. Wales might feel wild, but it doesn’t have any true wild lands where ponies can become truly wild, and so the feral pony bubble burst. 

This presentation brings to you never before seen footage of the feral ponies in their native landscape, acting out their wild lives. It also brings to you the story of Felix and Co. Free-living ponies who got to retain some of their freedom in new lives as conservation grazing ponies, includIng some insights into clinical behavioural work with unhandled ponies, both fearful and/or formerly feral. 

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