ASSATEAGUE — The arrival of the Fourth of July weekend, along with one individual who this week thought it was a good idea to actually mount one of the horses at Assateague provides a good opportunity to remind the public the island’s most famed residents are wild and potentially dangerous and should be given plenty of space.
On Wednesday, a frequent visitor to Assateague came across a group of young men petting two stallions near their vehicle along the roadside on Assateague. The concerned visitor reportedly advised the young men the horses are wild and can bite and kick, telling them about the 40-foot rule for giving the wild horses plenty of space.
The young men asked the visitor what they should do when the horses walk right up to humans and the concerned visitor told them it was best to walk away and avoid interacting with them. One of the young men reportedly said he worked on a ranch and knew how to handle horses. The visitor left the area and returned a short time later to find the “ranch hand” riding on the back of one of the stallions.
The visitor immediately called park rangers and they arrived quickly, but by then the group of young people had left the area. The witness was able to send pictures of the incident along with pictures of the vehicle’s license plate to park rangers. On Thursday, National Park Service officials confirmed the incident and said the park rangers were able to locate the individual, who has been charged appropriately.
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13 comments:
Is her name Karen?
pennsylvania tourons?
The horse doesn't look in distress. Guy must know what he's doing. Let him ride.
Those dumbasses, it's no where near funny, it's really dangerous and they should be glad they are not seriously hurt and alive. I hope that dude riding the horse gets time and a lot of community service.
WILD PONIES KICK AND BITE
and are carriers of COVID virus
Yes, let him ride and then what. When the horse hurts him, he will sue and ask the island to be shut down. Come on people. Rules are for a reason. Plus how do you tell if the horse is in distress by looking at a picture. Im sure the horse had no clue what was happening.
I love it have you all on here don’t know anything about a horse not about riding them racing them anything there an animal you took wild animals out and made them domesticated the horse trusted him or would never have let him get on the back of them get real people
Assateague Island "MUST" be closed off to prevent the spread LOL
Right on 2:03, if that pony didn't want that boy on his back he wouldn't have been up there, for sure.
So it’s okay for a black turd to burn out a business or destroy a statue. But you find a white man sitting on a wild horse and throw the book at him.
Wait, so you are saying we should let people ride the pony because it seems domesticated and willing? So let's just go ride the wild pony's, free for all? Man you people are nuts. Do you agree we should hit them with a shovel too when we bring food to the beach and they want a snack? You are the reason we should close the island and let the wild animals be.
Something is happening with these horses. In the past, they would not normally come near people, and or would run off if approached. It is obvious that they are becoming domesticated and conditioned to interacting with the visitors. This will only lead to problems and in the end they will have to rounded up and shipped to France.
Here is what Assateague should do. . . it's an old horse breaking trick that I have used dozens of times.
Fence off an area (coral) and then take a tractor with a plow and plow up the ground. Then - blindfold the unbroken Assateague pony and saddle him up. Have a person hold onto the reins until the rider mounts the animal and then let the rider break him.
Sure - you might get thrown off once or twice - but in the end it will work and they can break all of the beast down there. Charge admission if the Park Service likes - it might help to promote revenue growth.
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