Ponies 'suffocated' on Bass Strait sailing

By Ethan James
Updated August 10 2022 - 5:58pm, first published 5:57pm
Sixteen ponies that died on the Spirit of Tasmania had suffocated, a court has heard. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)
Sixteen ponies that died on the Spirit of Tasmania had suffocated, a court has heard. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Sixteen polo ponies found dead after a Spirit of Tasmania summer sailing across Bass Strait "suffocated" during the voyage inside a trailer where they were incorrectly stalled without adequate ventilation, a court has been told.

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