“Intimate” New Documentary About the Wild Horses of North Carolina’s Outer Banks Is on the Way

Born Wild explores climate change's impact on the mustangs and their human neighbors, as well as the complex relationship between the two groups. — By Meghan Overdeep | Southern Living A new documentary about the wild horses that have roamed North Carolina's picturesque barrier islands for centuries is in the works, Deadline reports. Described as an "intimate story of humankind's deep…

Photo proves how well Outer Banks horses can hide

Have you seen this? Can you spot all of the horses? There's six in all. Vivian thinks she sees seven! She would. Here's where they are if you haven't been able to find them all (Facebook). Source: The Charlotte Observer. FEATURED IMAGE: A photo of a single wild horse posted Sunday on Facebook is giving…

Everyone knows Raymond: Last mule living with Outer Banks wild horses

This is some story. "One wild mule found alive among wild horses on Outer Banks". Have you read it? It's from The Charlotte Observer. By Mark Price. July 18, 2018. He staggered off into an island marsh and vanished last winter, leading conservationists to believe the last mule living among North Carolina’s wild coastal mustangs…

Take Action: North Carolina’s historic horses in jeopardy

Cross-posted from One Green Planet http://www.onegreenplanet.org WHEN CORDERO, a wild foal, was first spotted on North Carolina’s famed Outer Banks, the tides were too high to bring a trailer. For the four days that followed, Karen McCalpain, director of the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, and volunteers searched for him through wooded areas and marsh until…

Feds agree to help diversify Outer Banks’ wild horses

Cross-posted from the McClatchy Washington Bureau via ADN.com » By SEAN COCKERHAM WASHINGTON -- As the summer tourist season approaches on North Carolina's Outer Banks, there's a growing hope among horse advocates that the iconic wild horses of Corolla can be saved from a fate of inbreeding and deformities. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which considers…

Study looks at how many NC wild horses are enough (NC)

Get off the beach and quit using grass, horses, or else, except for some of you. We need to find out first though but we'll be fair and all scientific about it. That's what they're saying to the Outer Banks horses who take a dip and wander the dunes with their offspring in and around…