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    One of the wild horses that was taken from the herd on the Outer Banks waits for adoption at Wrangler Farms in Grandy, N.C. in 2007.
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    Horses from the wild herd on the North Carolina coast are captured and brought to Wrangler Farms in Grandy, North Carolina, where they are prepared for adoption, April 20, 2007.
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    A wild mare grazes in the front yard of a home in Corova Beach, North Carolina on April 20, 2007. A herd of nearly 100 wild horses roams freely on 12,000 acres in an area that is accessible only by 4-wheel drive vehicles.
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    Thousands of wild mustangs, descendants of horses from an ill-fated Spanish mission in the 1520s, once roamed the Outer Banks. Small herds exist in at least two locations along the N.C. coast.
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    A wild horse grazes near The Whalehead Club, an old hunt club to be renovated as a wildlife museum, and the Corolla lighthouse on the N.C. Outer Banks.
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    Three wild horses saunter along the Currituck Outer Banks as anglers step back from the oceanfront to allow for their unfettered passage on Tuesday Sept. 2, 2003 south of Carova. The wild horse heard continues to co-exist along the desolate beaches despite the presence of four-wheel-drive-equipped visitors.(Drew Wilson /The Virginian-Pilot)
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    A herd of horses run through the Shackleford Banks waters with the Cape Lookout lighthouse in the background.
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    A 1995 file photo shows two horses from a herd near Corolla grazing near houses.
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    Wild horses roam the northern Outer Banks along N.C. 12 near Corolla.
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    s horses pass through the fence separating the developed area of Corolla from wilder areas of the Outer Banks, they seem to dance and prance a bit.
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    Wielding a walkie-talkie and a whip, Rowena Dorman chases two wild horses north along the Corolla beach along the N.C. Outer Banks.
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    Wild horses walk along the Currituck Outer Banks between Corolla and Carova.
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