Currituck

Currituck ordinance to buffer Corolla Wild Horses

The Currituck County Board of Commissioners will consider at their Monday, July 6 meeting, a change to the county ordinance governing how close individuals may approach the wild horses located on the northern Currituck Outer Banks.

County Attorney, Ike McRee, met recently with Lieutenant Jason Bank of the Currituck Sheriff’s Department and Karen McAlpin of the Corolla Wild Horse Fund to address concerns that people were intentionally approaching the wild horses to take photographs, place children next to the wild horses and even walking in the middle of a herd.

McRee stated in the memo that as currently drafted, the Code of Ordinances does not prohibit such acts unless the person has lured or in some manner enticed the wild horse to approach them.

McRee continues that the proposed ordinance change will make unlawful any person intentionally coming within 50 feet of a wild horse. Law enforcement, animal control, wild horse sanctuary officers and veterinarians rendering treatment to a wild horse would be exempt from the 50 foot limit.

The Board of Commissioners will consider this item at their July 6 meeting which will be held at 7 pm in the commissioner’s meeting room at the Historic Currituck County Courthouse.

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