The first UK trial to use contraception on wild hill ponies is at risk of failing, a charity says.
The Dartmoor Hill Pony Association is trying to reduce the slaughter of hundreds of foals each year because there is no market for them.
Two years ago a small number of mares were injected with contraceptives and now the charity wants to extend the trial to 100 animals.
However, it has been unable to find enough land for a new trial.
The pony charity said the first trial proved successful but it needed to carry out further tests, in a controlled area, to ensure the contraception would be effective across the moor.
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