Photo of a pony grazing on Assateague island state park MD. Located near Ocean City, Maryland and Chincoteague, Virginia. … Others believe the horses arrived by early colonial settlers that allowed them to graze there.
Assateague wild ponies have roamed the beaches, pine forest, and salt marsh of Assateague Island since the 1600’s. Assateague Island National Seashore has a combined total of over 300 wild ponies in Maryland and Virginia. Some people believe the horses arrived on Assateague’s shores when a Spanish galleon ship (with a cargo of horses) sank offshore. Others believe the horses arrived by early colonial settlers that allowed them to graze there. A Spanish ship wreck was discovered recently in the waters off Assateague which lends credit to the first theory.
wildlife-pony info on assateague island
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