North Carolina Coastal Visitors Warned About Disturbing Wild Horses After 6-Day-Old Foal Separated From Mom

North Carolina coastal visitors warned about disturbing wild horses after 6-day-old foal separated from mom

BEAUFORT, N.C. (WNCN) -- North Carolina officials are warning visitors at the coast to stay away from wild horses after an incident involving a 6-day-old foal earlier this month. There are several areas on the coast where wild horses roam free, including at the Outer Banks in Corolla and the Shackleford Banks in the Cape Lookout National Seashore. Wild horses on Ocracoke Island live in an 180-acre enclosure. The warning from state officials this…

An Outer Banks wild horse’s great escape … from getting stuck on ladder

Outer Banks wild horses are always up to something, it seems. This time, a mare took some unusual steps to make for an eventful Friday morning. The Corolla Wild Horse Fund received a call at roughly 10:30 about a horse with a stepladder stuck around her neck, according to the fund’s Facebook page. Three nearby staff members located the mare, who wasn’t difficult to miss, and her newborn foal, who was keeping a close watch. The crew faced a trick…

An Outer Banks wild horse’s great escape … from getting stuck in a ladder

Outer Banks wild horses are always up to something, it seems. This time, a mare took some unusual steps to make for an eventful Friday morning. The Corolla Wild Horse Fund received a call at roughly 10:30 about a horse with a stepladder stuck around her neck, according to the fund’s Facebook page. Three nearby staff members located the mare, who wasn’t difficult to miss, and her newborn foal, who was keeping a close watch. The crew faced a trick…

Community rallies to free mare from ladder in morning rescue

Around 10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 23, The Corolla Wild Horse Fund received a call that there was a horse with a ladder around her neck. They watched the horse cl

Outer Banks horse found with ladder around its neck, no injuries sustained

COROLLA, N.C. (WNCT) -- Staff members with the Corolla Wild Horse Fund responded to a call that a horse had a ladder around its neck Friday, May 23, 2025. The call came in around 10:30 a.m. and staff members said the ladder is no longer around the horse's neck and the baby with the adult horse are both in fine health. They said it took about an hour to position the horse to where the ladder could be removed. The horse eventually lowered its head…