“He is also extremely resistant to non-contact methods used by park staff to move horses out of potentially dangerous situations,” the Assateague Island National Seashore said in a statement.
“Certain individual horses in the Maryland herd are continuing to learn to associate humans with food rewards,” park officials said in a statement.
The stallion’s removal was criticized by several posters on the Assateague Island National Seashore’s Facebook page.
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