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Chincoteague Ponies are sold so that they can keep the herd under control and so that the herds don't get so big that there isan't enough food for them all.
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Is it true that chincoteague ponies live on chincoteague an assateague island?
They live on Assateague Island, and every year they are rounded up, made to swim across the channel over to Chincoteague island, where some are auctioned in order to maintain the number of horses on the island. the rest are released back onto Assateague to live in the wild for another year.
What is the theme of Misty of Chincoteague?
There are wile horse and ponies that are rounded up twice a year and the ponies are taken to asateague to be auctioned off went and saw it this year pretty cool
Where could you buy a Chincoteague Pony and how much would it cost in US dollars?
Each year they do the Chincoteague Island/Assateague Island pony swim. Where they send a herd of Chincoteague Ponies over to Assateague where they round them up and auction them off... It really depends on the type, age, and gender of the pony to determine how much it is. The islands are located off of the coasts of Virginia and Maryland.
When did pony penning day start?
The earliest known reference to Pony Penning Day, the day the wild ponies of Assateague Island swim the narrowest part of the Assateague Channel to Chincoteague Island, was published in 1835, but the penning itself is believed to date back to the late 17th- or early 18th century.These small horses are fabled to be the descendants of wild mustangs that swam ashore from a wrecked Spanish galleon, but officials believe it's more likely their ancestors were domestic horses turned loose by American settlers.Wild ponies live on both islands, and each island originally penned and sold its ponies separately to keep the population from overgrazing the small environments. The Assateague herd is owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the Chincoteague herd by the state of Maryland. In order to retain permits to graze the land, neither herd can exceed 150 ponies.The pony swim, which began in 1925, is held on the last Wednesday of July each year. After the swim, both herds of ponies are penned on Chincoteague Island and inspected by veterinarians.The day after the penning, healthy colts and fillies that are yearlings or younger are auctioned to the general public. The proceeds from the event benefits the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company.On Friday, the remaining Assateague ponies swim back across the channel to their home.Author Marguerite Henry made the annual event internationally famous in her 1947 book, Misty of Chincoteague.
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