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WAVY and Associated Press – WEST BANKS, NC (WAVY) – Wild horses that roam many parts of the Outer Banks in North Carolina have managed to weather severe weather conditions Hurricane Florence this week.
According to a Saturday message posted on Facebook by the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, all the ponies who made their home in Ocracoke Island were safe and sound. Even their pony pen was intact.
A similar sighting was observed just over 100 miles north of Ocracoke, in the cities of Carova and Corolla.
The Corolla Wild Horse Fund, a group dedicated to the protection and management of the flock of wild Spanish colonial Mustangs, posted a message on its Facebook page saying that horses "did their normal job – grazing, socializing worked on. "
Earlier this week, forecasts showing that Florence could strike more directly in the north west were concerned about the horses' behavior.
But wildlife experts said that there was no reason to worry.
The Cape Lookout National Seashore said in a message on Facebook that it would provide an update on a herd of horses at another location – the Shackleford Banks – as soon as staff could come back to do the assessment of the conditions.
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