Park Service Steps Up Awareness Campaign, Threatens Fines
The Maryland side of Assateague Island is home to 112 wild horses, and park rangers are dealing with a problem that threatens the very thing that makes the horses a national treasure.
Horses wandering onto the roadway, or even grazing next to it, are enough to make tourists drop everything -- except their cameras, of course. The temptation to interact is overwhelming, WBAL-TV 11 News reporter David Collins learned.
"Just today, I saw people feeding them potato chips," said Phil Gregolia of Assateague's Pony Patrol. "Potato chips get horses sick."
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