About 200 ponies will shortly oe “ rescued ” from Sable Island, a barren island off the coast of Nova Scotia, and known in shipping circles the world over as the “ Graveyard of the Atlantic.” Descended from full-sized horses shipwrecked on the island many years ago, the ponies have been fighting a losing battle against starvation and inbreeding throughout the last decade. Arrangements have now been completed with the Dominion Government to find happier homes on the mainland for the ponies. A few will be retained for the use of the Goverment staff on the island, but the rest of the animals will bo transferred to various districts of eastern Canada.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23109, 8 February 1937, Page 6
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