The Newfoundland Pony Society (NPS) is the official charity responsible for the protection of the Newfoundland Pony. It was incorporated in 1981 as a registered charity under the Province's Heritage Animal Act. The NPS maintains a Registry of Newfoundland Ponies and has an active Re-homing and Rescue Committee. 

Last year we launched a campaign to create the Newfoundland Pony Heritage Park in Hopeall, Trinity Bay so the Newfoundland Pony will finally have a permanent home in its home province where it evolved over hundreds of years. The Park will provide free grazing land for Newfoundland Ponies and a place for the public to visit and interact with them. We also want to run a small breeding program here to boost the number of ponies in the province. 

Pastureland, breeding programs and having more people interested in this endangered animal, is what will help the Newfoundland Pony survive. 

Dr. Andrew Fraser, the Scottish veterinarian who moved to the Province in the 1970s described the connection of the pony to the land and the importance of giving it habitat in its homeland. We share his vision for how we can help this important animal survive here.  

“All the outports have been breeding grounds for their own ponies. They provided one protective homeland. The blend of people and stock here gave a high note to an ecological state which was always fragile, yet enduring. The essence of that life can not come back, but the places and ponies can be preserved somewhere in the future scheme of green, restorative and protective plans. In Newfoundland, the native pony must be respectfully preserved where it belongs, where it has a right to be born and raised and have a future.”