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Bill to Increase Corolla Wild Horse Herd Passed by House
A bill allowing the expansion of the wild horse herd that inhabits North Carolina's Outer Banks has unanimously passed the US House of Representatives. The bill, introduced by Republican North Carolina...
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Wild Horse Herd’s Fate Lies in Preservation Clash
COROLLA, N.C. — Come summer, the beaches of this barrier island will be choked with cars and sunbathers, but in the off-season the land is left to wild horses. Smallish, tending toward chestnut and...
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Off Duty Deputy Saves Wild Horse Foal From Drowning
COROLLA — An off-duty Currituck sheriff’s deputy rescued a month-old wild horse from drowning Tuesday, but another foal in the same predicament last week wasn’t so lucky. A foal shivering from...
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U.S. House Passes Bill to Protect North Carolina Wild Horse Herd
“These beautiful and iconic horses are an essential part of Eastern North Carolina’s heritage…” The U.S. House of Representatives for passing, without opposition, the Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act...
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Video: Wild Horse Advocates Save Corolla Foal
Source: WTKR.com “What better way to kick off a ‘Feel Good Sunday’ than to share a story of rescue, care, love and hope (that occurred last ‘Feel Good Sunday’). Please enjoy and many thanks to our...
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Reminder: It’s illegal to approach, feed, touch wild horses in Corolla
SOURCE: wtkr.com by Todd Corillo Corolla, N.C. (WTKR) – Despite all the outreach and education, it seems some people still aren’t getting the message not to do dangerous things around the wild horses...
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Karen McCalpin, Exec. Dir. of Corolla Wild Horse Fund on Wild Horse & Burro...
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N.C. Stallion is Young, Wild and Ready for Action
Story By Jeff Hampton as published on HamptonRoads.com Gus was named after genetics expert Gus Cothran of Texas A&M University, who determined that the Corolla herd needed a blood line from another...
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Feds agree to help diversify Outer Banks’ wild horses
Story by Sean Cockerham as published in The Alaska Dispatch News “It’s almost too good to be true,” WASHINGTON — As the summer tourist season approaches on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, there’s a...
View ArticleFeel Good Sunday: Last mule living with Outer Banks wild horses was dying....
By Mark Price as published on The Charlotte Observer “He’s sterile, but he doesn’t know it and we’re not going to tell him,” He staggered off into an island marsh and vanished last winter, leading...
View ArticleThe Outer Banks’ wild horse herd survived Hurricane Florence. Here’s how they...
By Abbie Bennett as published on The Herald Sun “They are survivors,” herd manager Meg Puckett told The News & Observer on Friday Ahead of the storm, then a powerful Category 4, the Corolla Wild...
View ArticleCorolla Horses OK, But Va. Disease A Concern
by Catherine Kozak as published on Coastal Review Online Commonly known as “swamp cancer,” the sickness in the wild Chincoteague ponies was caused by a fungus-like organism in stagnant water that can...
View ArticleOne of the Outer Banks’ most famous wild horses – featured on billboards –...
By Mark Price as published on The Telegraph “Roamer was among the oldest of the herd of nearly 100 horses, and also one of those who could not be easily tamed…” A wild mustang known around the world...
View ArticleVideo ~ Corolla wild horses chased by dog
Source: 13NewsNow.com According to the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, this isn’t the first time an off-leash dog has attacked the horses. One dog even bit a horse.
View Article‘No More Warnings’| Deputies cracking down on Corolla Wild Horse violations
by Adriana De Alba as published on 13newsnow.com The Currituck County Sheriff says people continue to approach and feed the horses every day. Deputies will begin strictly enforcing laws. CURRITUCK...
View ArticleCorolla Wild Horse Fund starts petition to removed barbed wire fence after...
Source: WTKR.com COROLLA, N.C. – The Corolla Wild Horse Fund needs your help to protect horses on the Outer Banks. The organization is looking to get more than 2,000 signatures on a petition to have a...
View ArticleOuter Banks’ wild horses know how to survive a hurricane
by Meilin Tompkins as published on WCNC.com The wild horses are actually better equipped to handle a hurricane than most humans living on the Outer Banks. COROLLA, N.C. — Many people have been...
View Article‘Butts to the wind’ works! Outer Banks wild horses appear fine after hurricane
by Kari Pugh as published on OBXToday.com Several of the northern Outer Banks wild mustangs, and their friend Raymond the mule, have been spotted during and following Hurricane Dorian, and everybody...
View ArticleOne of the oldest wild horses on the Outer Banks has died. ‘He was a tough...
By Mark Price as published on The News & Observer One of the oldest wild horses roaming North Carolina’s Outer Banks had to be euthanized, according to the Corolla Wild Horse Fund The horse, known...
View ArticleRetired Corolla wild horses creating one-of-a-kind artwork
By JEFF HAMPTON, The Virginian-Pilot The Corolla Wild Horse Fund has started what zoos have been doing for years _ letting animals create artwork and selling the pieces to raise money. Horse trainer...
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