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| - The Chincoteague Pony is a limited edition animal on FarmVille. It was originally released on the July 18th, 2012 as part of the Southern Comfort Event, available to purchase from the market for with File:Zen Point-icon.png zen points gain.
- Das Chincoteague Pony bzw. Assateague-Pony ist eine Rasse auf dem Internationalen Server von Howrse. Auf dem deutschen server ist es nicht vorhanden Es gibt das Pony aber auch als Wildpferd.
- Several legends are told regarding the origins of the Chincoteague, the most popular holds that they descend from survivors of wrecked Spanish galleons off the Virginia coast. It is more likely that they descend from stock released on the island by 17th-century colonists looking to escape livestock laws and taxes on the mainland. In 1835, the practice of pony penning began, with settlers rounding up ponies and removing some of them to the mainland. In 1924 the first official "Pony Penning Day" was held by the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company, where ponies were auctioned as a way to raise money for fire equipment. The annual event has continued in the same fashion almost uninterrupted to the present day.
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| - The Chincoteague Pony is a limited edition animal on FarmVille. It was originally released on the July 18th, 2012 as part of the Southern Comfort Event, available to purchase from the market for with File:Zen Point-icon.png zen points gain.
- Das Chincoteague Pony bzw. Assateague-Pony ist eine Rasse auf dem Internationalen Server von Howrse. Auf dem deutschen server ist es nicht vorhanden Es gibt das Pony aber auch als Wildpferd.
- Several legends are told regarding the origins of the Chincoteague, the most popular holds that they descend from survivors of wrecked Spanish galleons off the Virginia coast. It is more likely that they descend from stock released on the island by 17th-century colonists looking to escape livestock laws and taxes on the mainland. In 1835, the practice of pony penning began, with settlers rounding up ponies and removing some of them to the mainland. In 1924 the first official "Pony Penning Day" was held by the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company, where ponies were auctioned as a way to raise money for fire equipment. The annual event has continued in the same fashion almost uninterrupted to the present day. Although popularly known as Chincoteague ponies, the feral ponies actually live on Assateague Island. Although the entire Island is owned by the federal government, Assateague is split by a fence at the Maryland/Virginia state line, with a herd of around 150 ponies living on each side of the fence. The herds live on land managed by two different federal agencies with very different management strategies. Ponies from the Maryland herd, referred to in literature of the National Park Service as Assateague horses, live within Assateague Island National Seashore. They are generally treated as wild animals, given no more or less assistance than other species on the island, other than to be treated with contraceptives to prevent overpopulation. Conversely, the Virginia herd, referred to as Chincoteague ponies, lives within the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge but is owned by the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company. The Virginia ponies are treated to twice yearly veterinary inspections, which prepare them for life among the general equine population if they are sold at auction. While only around 300 ponies live on Assateague Island, around 1,000 more live off-island, having been purchased or bred by private breeders.
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