tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112468751939936199.post8471138741658945780..comments2023-08-24T04:42:44.853-04:00Comments on Wild and Free Weekly: 100 Reasons to NOT Touch or Feed Our Wild HorsesCorolla Wild Horse Fundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359823324824996230noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112468751939936199.post-56476467505227913462009-05-23T20:38:39.760-04:002009-05-23T20:38:39.760-04:00Heather, thank you for your concern and suggestion...Heather, thank you for your concern and suggestions. No one is more frustrated than we are but there HAVE been some new developments that look promising. Currituck County is considering an AM radio frequency that people driving on the beach or staying in the 4 wheel drive area can tune in to hear information about how to drive on the beach, where to park, the Wild Horse Ordinance, etc. This would play on a continuous loop.<br /> I appreciate your willingness to help and our staff has discussed at length how to best get information into rental homes and the hands of visitors. The challenge is the new 50 to 60 thousand people who arrive each weekend. We have neither the finances or the physical capability to produce and distribute the volume of information that it would take to reach everyone.<br /> Twiddy & Company has recently done something that I hope other realtors will duplicate. They recently made a video for their website and YouTube that is directed to those renting houses in the 4 wheel drive area. It addresses beach driving regulations as well as the Wild Horse Ordinance. This is a start and I hope that the other companies will follow their lead.<br /> The best thing that anyone vacationing here can do is to educate other visitors when they see them violating the wild Horse Ordinance. Most people just don't think that what they are doing is harmful to the horses. They don't think beyond their week's stay. Unfortunately it happens again the next week and the week after that.Another way to help -if you come across a video posted on YouTube that shows people clearly violating the Wild Horse Ordinance, please let the Corolla Wild Horse Fund know as well as posting a comment asking them to take the video off because it encourages others to break the law as well.<br /> Thanks for caring so much Heather. Karen McCalpin, Director, Corolla Wild Horse FundUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02421287115350665767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112468751939936199.post-92208631727358707372009-05-18T13:35:00.000-04:002009-05-18T13:35:00.000-04:00THIS NEWS IS HEARTBREAKING!
I would like to volunt...THIS NEWS IS HEARTBREAKING!<br />I would like to volunteer to help out with an idea I have. There are THOUSANDS of rental homes occupied each week by well-meaning folks who might have gone to a local petting zoo where it was encouraged to bring carrots, etc. to fed the horses there, so when they come to the Outer Banks, they just don't know any better. LET'S MAKE SURE THESE VISITORS KNOW THE COLD HARD FACTS! I want to work with every rental company (i.e. Twiddy, Southern Shores, Resort Realty, etc.) to have information just as you wrote above POSTED in each and every rental house, or at the VERY LEAST handed out to every person when they come to get their rental keys/packet, etc. (IT SHOULD BE POSTED IN THE HUNDRED OF HOMES IN THE 4X4 area!!) This is a relatively minor thing to do, and it could potentially save the lives of many of these beautiful creatures...not to mention allowing those horses who live there now to get to continue that precious way of life. I want to help in any way possible, I am sure there are others who will pitch in. Can we get this done asap???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com