“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…

Wild horses at Outer Banks make it through Hurricane Florence

WAVY and Associated Press / OUTER BANKS, N.C. (WAVY) (Sept. 15, 2018) — The wild horses that roam many parts of North Carolina's Outer Banks made it safely through the severe weather caused by Hurricane Florence this week. According to a Facebook post from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore on Saturday, all of the ponies that…

Big Lick Animal Cruelty Protest at Western North Carolina Agriculture Center

EDITED PRESS RELEASE ASHEVILLE, NC (October 6, 2016) — Citizens Campaign Against 'Big Lick' Animal Cruelty (CCABLAC) advocates will peacefully protest the animal cruelty perpetrated upon Tennessee Walking Horses at the North Carolina Championship 'Big Lick' Horse Show held at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center, October 6 – 8, in Asheville. Almost 96,000 persons…

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…

US House approves bill to expand Corolla horse herd

The U.S. House has approved a bill that would expand Corolla's wild horse herd to help maintain the herd's genetic viability. Unanimously approved by the House of Representatives on Monday, the bill would increase the maximum number of horses in the herd to 130 from 60. Equine genetic scientists have found that at least 110…

Corollas designated official state horse of N. Carolina

Corolla’s wild horses and others like them are expected to become the official state horse of North Carolina. The General Assembly ratified a bill today naming Colonial Spanish mustangs as the state horse. The governor is expected to sign the bill into law. Believed to be descended from Spanish mustangs that arrived here in the…

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…