They scarf potato chips and whole bags of marshmallows late in the night, leaving behind trashed campsites and ruined tents. They break into stranger’s coolers and make off with watermelons. They carelessly turn on water spigots and leave them running...It's actually a serious problem re the horses' health, and visitors' safety. Further details at the Washington Post, where there is a photo gallery.
They’re Assateague Island’s famous wild horses...
The horses have been mooching food for years, but their brazenness has grown worse in the past few, said Trish Kicklighter, the park’s superintendent. Some of Assateague’s 113 horses have become particularly fond of junk food and interact with people who bring it into the park. The horses beg. They pester. They even run a hustle that wouldn’t be out of place on a D.C. street corner.
“I didn’t believe it until I saw it,” Kicklighter said. “Two horses put their youngest, cutest pony in front of a car, and then the older horses went around to the windows to panhandle for food.”
04 November 2011
They pimp their offspring for food
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I've often wondered, at what point does a feral animal become a wild animal?
ReplyDeleteWe were camped there one time and we watched the horses raid a neighbor's coolers. A ranger came by and I said to him "they're like the bears in Yosemite" He said "They're worse than bears"
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