Posts Tagged ‘Chincoteague VFC’
Chincoteague Pony Beach Walk This Morning
The 99th annual Chincoteague pony swim will take place on Wednesday in Chincoteague. Over the weekend the south and north herds were rounded up and early this morning were taken on the annual beach walk on Assateague Island. Tomorrow the ponies will get vet checks before they swim the channel on Wednesday to Chincoteague. The…
Read MoreChincoteague VFC Cancels Fireman’s Carnival & Pony Penning in July
The Board of Directors of the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company has voted to cancel the 2020 Chincoteague Volunteer Fireman’s Carnival & Pony Penning celebration scheduled to begin July 2. Officials say the last pony penning to be cancelled was over 78 years ago during the second World War. With Governor Northam’s restrictions put into the…
Read MoreFinal Ponies with Swamp Cancer Euthanized in Chincoteague
The last 4 ponies at Assateague suffering from swamp cancer have been put down. Chincoteague Volunteer Fire officials say surgeries and medicine didn’t help to battle this fungus and the pony committee felt it was time to end their suffering. However, from all of this – vets have been working to create a preventative vaccine…
Read MoreChincoteague Pony Penning Week Ends with Record Auction & One Pony Death
A week of fun and horse play ended in tragedy when one of the Chincoteague ponies died in the corral. Chincoteague fire officials reported the death of Butterfly Kisses on their Facebook page and say the pony was being chased by another pony when Butterfly Kisses slipped and slid in the fence, breaking her neck. …
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