ASSATEAGUE — At least two wild horses on Assateague became ill after raiding campsites and eating human food, further illustrating the importance of limiting interaction between humans and the wild animals on the barrier island.
Ironically, just a week after Assateague officials posted a picture on their Facebook page about a wild horse named Chama Wingapo raiding a tent for food, the mare was one of two horses reported to be acting ill on the barrier island this week. Chama Wingapo was reportedly showing symptoms of collick in the bayside campground, but she was treated successfully. A group of campers in the bayside campground area reported Chama Wingapo, or N2BHS-AI by its alpha-numeric name, was part of a larger band that came into their campsite while they were eating breakfast.
The campers quickly left the area, but Chama Wingapo stayed behind and enjoyed a hearty, human breakfast. An inventory of what was missing after the horse left the campsite revealed Chama Wingapo ate a whole bag of sugar and a stack of maple pancakes along with other random food items. Assateague officials this week characterized the horse’s condition as human induced illness.
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7 comments:
I can't believe someone camping in a tent would be bringing a whole bag of sugar with them. Something about this smells like a liberal lie.
You would think before leaving the area, the campers would have grabbed their food (at least their pancakes) and taken it with them.
10:19
Maybe they forgot to bring sugar from home and had to buy some at the store here. Maybe it is a large family and a bag of sugar was to last all week. Hundreds of reasons why.
I guess Marylands future will be the outlawing of possessing large amounts of sugar or more than one pancake at a time by the O'malley's, the Mrs. Food dictator Obamas and the visiting N.Y. dictator, the Bloombergs. If they can't take away your guns, then they'll make you suffer by passing laws for small amounts of sugar and one pancake per plate only. That'll serve you gun toting Maryland horse killers well. Revenge of the liberal Democrats. I don't even believe this concocted simpleton story either, mine's better.
10:24 AM you are an idiot. I bet you have never gone camping either.
4:03
We go camping all the time actually. We try to pack the things we will need but sometimes we either run out or forget things and have to buy a full bag or package of something. Hence why I said what I did. No need to name call because someone was trying to explain something to you. I hope you are not that hateful to your children or grandchildren.
this is easy, just ban the tourists! end of problem!
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