DOOM: Ponies

[AtW]

"Four ponies have been killed in a collision with a vehicle in the New Forest National Park.

The animals were hit on Thursday night while licking freshly laid salt on Roger Penny Way, Hampshire Constabulary said.

Three ponies died at the scene while a fourth was found dead later a short distance away.

In December, three donkeys were killed on the road, which is a black spot for animal accidents."

Four ponies killed in New Forest collision - BBC News

[Eirikur]

In a normal country a butcher would collect them and sell them as delicious meat

[NotAllThere]

The law in the UK is that roadkill can be legitimately taken for consumption, so long as it wasn't you wot dunnit. Years a go, a mate of mine was behind a car that hit and killed a deer. He picked it up and loaded it into the back of his van, butchered it himself and put the bits in the freezer. That was 1987, just before the Great Storm. As a result of the storm, their village power was cut off for over a week - so he cooked it in his oil-fired stove, and sold roast venison to his neighbours for a very reasonable amount of money.

You have to be careful though. Some roadkill can carry nasty diseases.

[Paddy]

The law in the UK is that roadkill can be legitimately taken for consumption, so long as it wasn't you wot dunnit. Years a go, a mate of mine was behind a car that hit and killed a deer. He picked it up and loaded it into the back of his van, butchered it himself and put the bits in the freezer. That was 1987, just before the Great Storm. As a result of the storm, their village power was cut off for over a week - so he cooked it in his oil-fired stove, and sold roast venison to his neighbours for a very reasonable amount of money.

You have to be careful though. Some roadkill can carry nasty diseases.

The New Forest ponies are not wild, they are privately owned and are allowed to graze the forest by way of charter.

[Old Greg]

The law in the UK is that roadkill can be legitimately taken for consumption, so long as it wasn't you wot dunnit. Years a go, a mate of mine was behind a car that hit and killed a deer. He picked it up and loaded it into the back of his van, butchered it himself and put the bits in the freezer. That was 1987, just before the Great Storm. As a result of the storm, their village power was cut off for over a week - so he cooked it in his oil-fired stove, and sold roast venison to his neighbours for a very reasonable amount of money.

You have to be careful though. Some roadkill can carry nasty diseases.

So does BR14, but that doesn’t stop Churchy.

[Lockhouse]

Just down the road from us. Very sad indeed.