Hurricane Irene wreaked havoc along North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Aug. 27 causing flooding, damaging homes and infrastructure, and downing trees and power lines before moving northward along the Atlantic coast. But the feral horses residing on Carrituck Outer Banks off the North Carolina’s coast took Irene’s visit in stride, said Karen McCalpin, executive director of The Corolla Wild Horse Fund (CWHF).

The Corolla Wild Horses handled the hurricane well.

More than 100 feral horses in the Corolla herd reside on a 7,500-acre sanctuary in the refuge located on the northern tip of North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the CWHF manages the horses