Following Mom - Chincoteague Pinto Foal No. 3 Men's V-Neck T-Shirt

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Following Mom - Chincoteague Pinto Foal No. 3

It was a while before this mare and her foal came out in the open. The wait was worth it - they were beautiful!

The Chincoteague Ponies also know as the Assateague Horses are feral horses that live on Assateague Island in Maryland and Virgina. The horses are strictly wild in Maryland with the only intervention being contraceptives, while in Virginia, the horses are part of the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge but owned technically by the volunteer Chincoteague Fire Company since 1925 with twice a year veterinary visits. All the first year foals are auctioned, with a portion of them being buy-back sales, meaning they remaining with the herd.

They are technically horses, but called ponies as the poor habitat and nourishment of the island results in their smaller size. They are rumored to be descendants of horses that swam to shore after a Spanish galleon wrecked off shore, but there also has been interbreeding...

Welcome to my page! There's a lot of photography here, so feel free to make multiple visits. The work can be viewed in galleries or you can search by keywords or title. I have a passion for the natural world and the living creatures that inhabit those places. The stunning beauty of our world and the wild animals that share this earth with us deserve to be revered and protected. In 2019, I was honored to have my work, Cougar Reservoir On A Snowy Day, published in the UK Sunday Times for their interview with Barry Lopez, the nature writer. In addition, recently, three large prints of waterfalls (Spirit Falls with Reflection, Moon Falls, and Pinard Falls), were bought by the Cottage Grove Ranger District Office to decorate their new work...