A newborn wild horse on one of North Carolina’s barrier islands had to be permanently taken from its mother after well-meaning tourists ferried it off the Shackleford Banks, according to Cape Lookout National Seashore.
The incident happened March 26, and the people involved have been cited for removing a wild horse from a national park, the National Park Service said in a news release.
If convicted, they could face up to six months in jail and/or be fined $5,000, National Park Service reports. The names of the tourists were not released.
