The Newfoundland Pony Society is expressing concern about the recent removal order issued in Summerford affecting a pony owner in that community.
The town issued a number of recent removal orders, including a resident who was keeping a couple of pigs and Julia Hawkins, whose Shetland pony Sparks must be moved.
The removals are being appealed and the town is not at liberty to discuss the matter.
The Newfoundland Pony society is extremely concerned about the impact of certain municipal regulations on the survival of the endangered breed in municipalities across the province. The society says the depopulation of the Newfoundland Pony in the 1970s and 80s was driven in large part by municipal bylaws brought in at that time.
President Jack Harris says there are legitimate concerns about how municipal regulations affect breeds like the Newfoundland Pony.
Further Removal Orders in Summerford
A Summerford resident is fighting a removal order from the town demanding that his 115 to 120 animals be moved by next month.
Frank Brown is one of a number of residents of the town who have received removal orders for their animals.
Brown has been keeping sheep, goats and birds for decades on a piece of land once owned by his great-grandfather.
He laments how municipal regulations are stifling a way of life. He says a lot of people appreciate and rely on the birds he raises.
He says a lot of people raise their own broiler chickens, egg laying birds, turkeys and ducks. He hatched some 800 birds a few days ago, and they’re already gone, sold to people across the province.