Ancestors of Outer Banks wild horses landed in Currituck 500 years ago
By Jeff Hampton Virginian-Pilot – May 26, 2020 Spanish explorers landed in Currituck County 500 years ago looking for gold, a good port and maybe a place to settle. When […]
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NC wild horse fund announces birth of baby foal, making her 3rd of 2020
WNCT 9 By Madison Forsey Posted Apr 26, 2020 / 05:46 PM CDT / Updated: Apr 27, 2020 / 05:06 AM CDT COROLLA, N.C. (WNCT) — The Corolla Wild Horse Fund announced in a Facebook […]
Welcome to the Beach, Alma!
Photo by Gene Ford, Corolla, NC. CWHF Social Media Post – April 18, 2020 We are excited to officially announce the birth of the second foal of 2020! This […]
IT’S A BOY! Ok, we’re like 99% sure.
by Corolla Wild Horse Fund Social Media Post 4.4.20 ???? IT'S A BOY! Ok, we're like 99% sure. ? We're estimating the little one to be about a week old. […]
Corolla wild horse who was a favorite among visitors has died
by Jeff Hampton, Virginian-Pilot, March 8, 2020, 4:40 pm The blind Corolla wild horse that was once a king of the underdeveloped beaches died Friday. He is possibly the only […]
Rescued wild horses create paintings
Horse trainer Nora Tarpley helps Amadeo, a 35-year-old blind Corolla wild mustang, paint on Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, at a farm in Grandy, NC. (Kaitlin McKeown / The Virginian-Pilot) By […]
Wild horse fund hires contractor to fix fencing, keep mustangs on 4×4
OBX Today October 10, 2019 by Kari Pugh The Corolla Wild Horse Fund this week hired a contractor to temporarily fix a fence meant to keep the Outer Banks’ wild […]
Wild horses breach fence, forcing Raymond the mule’s removal from beach
October 1, 2019 by Kari Pugh Raymond the mule and a group of wild mustangs displaced by hurricane flooding have been crossing dilapidated fencing and entering the paved road and […]
Outer Banks’ wild horse herd has survived 500 years of storms
OBX Today September 5th by Kari Pugh There’s one group of Outer Banks residents who won’t be evacuating for Hurricane Dorian — the wild horses. Instead, the colonial Spanish mustang […]
Elderly, ailing Outer Banks stallion removed from beach for treatment
Kari Pugh OBX Today August 30, 2019 The Corolla Wild Horse fund on Thursday rescued an elderly wild stallion “we’ve been keeping an eye on for the past couple months,” […]