New Forest: Video shows stallions being released

Stallions have been released into the wild to help preserve the bloodlines of a rare pony.

Eighteen stallions are being set free across the New Forest in Hampshire between May and July for the annual breeding season.

A number of approved stallions are turned out each year to maintain the New Forest pony as a breed.

Members of the public are being warned to keep their distance as the horses' behaviour can be "erratic".

Reporter: Hannah Walsh

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