The Corolla Wild Horses are back in the news. This time it’s because they are behaving like, well…wild horses. Last week we wrote about two stallions that were fighting for dominance and how dangerous it could be.
There is some some great news! There’s a new foal that has not been counted and seems to be about a month and a half to two months old. The foal is a female and has been given the name Doe.
Here’s where it gets interesting—it seems neither the mare nor Doe had been seen before. A woman visiting some friends up in Carova happened to notice mother and Doe in a swampy island out in Currituck Sound. She contacted the CWHF and they checked it out…and were able to add two more horses to the herd.
The Corolla Herd roams freely in the 7600 acres between the end of the paved road in Corolla and the Virginia State line. That 7600 acres is beach, some open dunes and grasslands and a lot of marsh and marsh islands.
Evidently the latest two additions to the herd did what wild horses do—they found a secluded area with forage and lived their lives there.
The staff of the CWHF does do an aerial population survey every year, but they have consistently said there’s a very good possibility they are missing a number of horses—horses that are hidden by the senses foliage of the areas.
The herd is still under its target range. The agreement the CWHF has with USFW—much of the area falls under their jurisdiction—calls for a minimum of 110 in the herd and a maximum of 130. The latest additions bring the count to 101.
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