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Misty of Chincoteague’s Home Burns to the Ground

2020-12-14T22:27:44+00:00June 27th, 2019|Categories: Events, News|Tags: , , |

May 25, 2019 Chincoteague, VA (USA): A stable at Beebe Ranch, home to Misty and Stormy, burned to the ground Tuesday night. The barn was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived just before 11 p.m.. All animals were safely accounted for including Angel’s Stormy Drizzle the great, great, great, granddaughter of Misty. Angel's Stormy DrizzlePC: Beebe [...]

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Ponies Corralled Because People Can’t Follow Rules

2020-12-14T22:27:52+00:00April 16th, 2019|Categories: Events, News|Tags: , |

March proved a tough month for the ponies who reside on the south end of Chincoteague Island off Virginia’s coast. Visitors repeatedly ignored the rules against approaching the animals so the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company which owns and manages the ponies, rounded them up. Chincoteague Island Rules Stay at least [...]

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Assateague Island Horse Census Report

2020-12-14T22:27:56+00:00March 5th, 2019|Categories: Events, News|Tags: , |

February 28, 2019, Berlin, MD (USA): The National Park Service (NPS) says it has completed its February 2019 population census of wild horses on Assateague Island, which noted that three aged mares are missing and presumed dead. The total population of the Maryland herd is currently at 76 horses, including 21 stallions and 55 mares. The [...]

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Wild Ponies Swim the Channel

2020-12-14T22:29:43+00:00July 28th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

This has been a busy week for the people and ponies of Assateague & Chincoteague Islands, Virginia. This week is the 91st Annual Pony Swim and Auction made famous from the children’s novel “Misty of Chincoteague”. Every year the 200 or so wild horses that reside on Assateague Island are rounded up and swum across the [...]

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