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Spring Brings New Foals to Shackleford Banks

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Date: April 5, 2007
Contact: Wouter Ketel, (252) 728-2250 Ext. 3005

Spring Brings New Foals to Shackleford Banks

Harkers Island, NC.  Cape LookoutNational Seashore Superintendent Bob Vogel announces that the first foal of 2007 was born on Shackleford Banks in late March.    

This photo was taken with a telephoto lens when the filly was about three days old.

The herd on Shackleford Banks is cooperatively managed by the Foundation for Shackleford Horses, Inc., and Cape Lookout National Seashore.

Did You Know?

Portsmouth Life-Saving Station crew pose in their surfboat.

"You have to go out, you don't have to come back" was the unofficial motto of the U.S. Life-Saving Service.  The Life-Saving Service rescued shipwreck victims from stations located in Portsmouth, and on Core Banks and Cape Lookout. Cape Lookout National Seashore More...