Fine Slashed After Legal Win Over Ferry Pony Deaths

Fine Slashed After Legal Win Over Ferry Pony Deaths
The Spirit of Tasmania ferry which carries passengers between Melbourne and Devonport in Tasmania, is moored at Station Pier in Melbourne on March 24, 2020. William West/Getty Images
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Bass Strait ferry Spirit of Tasmania’s operator will pay a drastically reduced fine over the deaths of 16 polo ponies on a voyage after a legal win.

The horses, which were travelling in a converted shipping container, were discovered dead in Victoria after sailing north following a tournament in Tasmania in January 2018.