Public warned as pony found stuck in cattle grid after walkers left gate open

Firefighters spent hours freeing a pony who had got stuck in a cattle grid – after walkers left a gate open on a footpath.

The public has once again been urged to adhere to the Countryside Code after the rescue, of 21-year-old Shetland Teifi on 5 March.

A spokesman for the Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the Crickhowell, Talgarth and Pontardawe crews were called to the rescue, at 7.32 am.

“To avoid Teifi becoming distressed, the vet who was also in attendance sedated him and crews proceeded to utilise road traffic collision and animal rescue equipment to release him from the cattle grid,” the spokesman said, adding that the crews were at the scene until after 11am