dartmoor ponies daubed with glow in dark paint to cut road deaths /

Published at 2015-10-02 14:34:29

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Initiative inspired by reflective reindeer antlers in Scandinavia is aimed at making animals more visible to drivers at nightThere has long been talk of mysterious beasts haunting the remarkable moors of south-west England. But night-time travellers on Dartmoor should now peek out for a very odd creature indeed – a glow-in-the dark pony.
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he horses will be daubed with reflective paint to produce them more visible to drivers after a rise in livestock being killed on the roads. About 60 animals have died on the Devon moor’s roads this year, an increase on preceding years.
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Source: theguardian.com

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