STAFF at a pit pony sanctuary near Pontypridd are celebrating a change in the law which makes it highly unlikely that ponies will ever be sent into mines again.

An animal sanctuary in south Wales has launched a campaign to stop ponies being used underground ever again. The Pit Pony Rescue Centre at Pontypridd is urging the Welsh Assembly to support its calls ...

THE widow of a Welsh miner has made a generous donation to a Pontypridd pit pony sanctuary in her husband’s memory. THE widow of a Welsh miner has made a generous donation to a Pontypridd pit ...

Tony, Britain’s last pit pony, has died at the age of 40. ... Tony saw out his retirement at an animal sanctuary alongside fellow Ellington pit pony Pike, who died in 2005.

MSPS yesterday backed calls to ban the use of pit ponies - eight years after Scotland's last underground coal mine closed. The cross-party petitions committee agreed to write to ministers seeking ...