The only wild horses that will be “forever” may be the ones pictured on this stamp.
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch
The horses of Assateague Island will be featured in a series of stamps honoring the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service.
The wild horses of Assateague Island National Seashore will be part of a series of U.S. Postal Service stamps celebrating the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service.
The park, which straddles the Virginia-Maryland border, is known for the horses that inhabit the island and the nearby Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. The horses are divided into two herds — one on the Virginia side of a fence marking the state border, the other on the Maryland side.
In summer, the Virginia horses are moved from the Chincoteague refuge to Assateague Island in the annual pony swim.
Tim Fitzharris of Fayetteville, Ark., took the photo used for the stamp, the Postal Serivice said.
The stamps will be issued June 2.
This is great, I’m a Marylander & I love the horses! I fear climate change, each year some of the sandbars get washed away, they rebuild them, but can they continue to do that.
https://www.nps.gov/asis/learn/nature/horses.htm
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http://www.abc2news.com/news/state/assateague-island-wild-horses-to-be-featured-on-new-postage-stamp
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Featured on the stamp and can’t stop the brutal exporting of horses to Canada and Mexico for slaughter pathetic Where does the money go for the stamp ?
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What a bunch of hypocrites, they make money off the horses, yet they are killing them off, faster then you can throw a stick. The money probibly goes to more round ups, or in their pockets.
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The money from the stamps goes to the postal service like all stamps you buy. Assateague Island MD. wild horses are not rounded up or sent to slaughter. Everyone involved work together to keep the horses free & wild. They have a successful PZP program to keep the herd, other wildlife & island viable. The biggest threat to them are people who don’t follow the rules! The Pony Patrol are committed to keeping them safe.
Here’s a few articles that may help explain further, hope you enjoy the articles & know we Marylanders love our wild horses!
http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2015/06/02/assateague-pony-population-aging/28347157/
http://www.assateagueisland.com/wildlife/pony.htm
http://mdcoastdispatch.com/2015/12/10/birth-control-approach-on-assateague-tweaked-with-recent-horse-deaths/
http://www.wboc.com/story/29547843/assateague-wild-ponies-must-stay-wild
http://mdcoastdispatch.com/2014/11/20/assateague-analyzing-feces-to-gauge-horse-pregnancies-29-island-mares-being-tracked/
http://www.assateagueislandalliance.org/
http://sbynews.blogspot.com/2015/10/assateague-island-national-seashore.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/at-assateague-struggles-to-keep-the-horses-wild/2011/07/07/gIQAuwgM4H_story.html
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Thanks, it is good to know. I just don’t trust the government on any level.
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yes, I know what you mean. I’m sure if there were grazing permits or the land could be developed it might be a different story.
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