A number of ponies in Dartmoor National Park in England are being tinted with bright strip of paint and embellished with reflective beads to help prevent road accidents in the future.
This comes after a total of 74 ponies have been killed on the roads of Dartmoor in 2015 alone, and these ponies are given an "alien glow" to bring the number of these incidents down, The Independent reported.
"The reflective element is very bright and despite the horrendous weather it's very visible," said Karla McKechnie, livestock protection officer for the Dartmoor Livestock Protection Society (DLPS), according to BBC News.
"We'll now monitor how long it remains on the animals, and the company behind the paint is trying to see whether it can create an even brighter and more durable version."
Dartmoor ponies have been residing in southern Devon for at least 3,500 years, but the number of these ponies has been declining recently.
Besides from road accidents, which McKechnie said were "usually fatal," the ponies' numbers are declining because of the plunging request for horse meat, according to City Lab.
