Source: newsobserver.com A filly was born to North Carolina’s wild horse herd in Corolla on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. She’s pictured here with her mother. Cathy Forgnone BY ABBIE BENNETT North Carolina coastal residents are evacuating or battening down ahead of Hurricane Florence — at least the human […]
Source: The News Hearld “At least one Wild Horse Herd has won a battle and hopes for continued existence in the United States.” ~ R.T. WASHINGTON – North Carolina has passed a law to protect the wild horses at the Outer Banks. The Senate approved the Corolla Wild […]
As posted on myFox8.com COROLLA, N.C. – The wild horses in Corolla on the Outer Banks are beautiful, but a horse foundation is reminding visitors not to approach them. WTKR reported that the Corolla Wild Horse Fund is warning visitors not to approach, touch or try to feed […]
By Sean Cockerham as published at newsobserver.com Only two foals have been born this year in the herd of 101 horses. COROLLA, N.C. — Retired Washington, D.C., police Officer E.T. Smith patrolled the beach in his four-wheel-drive truck on a recent morning, keeping an eye out for wild […]
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 good friends at Corolla Wild Horse Fund.” ~ R.T. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Corolla, N.C. […]
“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 (H.R. 126). This legislation, which was introduced by Rep. Walter B. Jones (R-N.C.), would protect the free-roaming wild horses […]
By Jeff Hampton The Virginian-Pilot It was the first rescue of a horse by Corolla Ocean Rescue COROLLA, N.C. – A blind and aging stallion is recovering after a rip current swept him seaward and lifeguards carried out the coastal community’s first wild-horse rescue. On May 2, two […]
By Corolla Wild Horse Fund Small Herd Size is Pushing Horses to Genetic Collapse The North Carolina State Horse urgently needs your help. The Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act, S 3448, sponsored by North Carolina Senator Kay Hagan and cosponsored by NC Senator Richard Burr, has been sitting […]
U.S. Senator Richard Burr, R-N.C., announced Thursday the introduction of Senate Bill 3448, the Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act, a bill to provide for the responsible management of the wild-horse population around Corolla on the Currituck Outer Banks.
The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, Currituck County, and the State of North Carolina to provide for the management of these horses to ensure that they continue to thrive in their natural habitat, according to a news release.
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 black, they wander past deserted vacation rentals in harems of five or six.
Thousands of them once roamed the length of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the likely descendants from mounts that belonged to Spanish explorers five centuries ago. Now their numbers have dwindled to a few hundred, the best known living on federal parkland at Shackleford Banks.
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