Saying Good-Bye Is Especially Hard for Jean Bonde
She’s Leaving Friends and Her Beloved Chincoteague Ponies By Misty Thornton [Show as slideshow] 1234...8910► Being raised on the water in her native California, Jean Bonde had no idea she and her husband, Wayne, would in later life wind up living on the Island of Chincoteague for 16 years. Now, with age and poor health having caught up with her, the Bonde’s are preparing to leave the Island and move nearer their family back home. There have been...
Lightning Kills Chincoteague Buyback Pony in Corral
“She’s gorgeous” is the way Jean Bonde describes “Poco’s Starry Night,” the latest foal purchased by the Buy Back Babes. Photo by Buy Back Babes. By Jean Bonde The writer is the chief spokesperson for the group known as the Buyback Babes, a group of women who pool their money to purchase a pony each year at the Chincoteague wild pony auction. The ponies they buy are put back into the herd and live out their lives on Assateague...
Stories Lead More Chincoteague Ponies to Rescue Pastures
[Show as slideshow] 1234...678► By Robert Boswell Publisher, Wild Pony Tales Part of the job of running the Chincoteague Pony Rescue calls for detective work. When she finishes feeding, watering, checking for any sign of sickness and giving medical care to those ponies who arrive in poor condition, Debbie Ober sits at her computer and goes searching for anything she can find on the Rescues in her pastures. She is up to 10 rescued Chincoteague ponies now. Five...
Ponies’ Visit to the Doctor Disrupts Quiet Afternoon
By Harley Gooldrup And Elizabeth Fread This article appeared in the October 18, 2006 edition of the Eastern Shore News and the October 19 edition of the Chincoteague Beacon. Assateague Island is located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on the Atlantic Ocean. It is quiet Friday afternoon, far out on the range, where the famous Chincoteague ponies of the southern herd were lazing around in the afternoon sun. Chewing on their favored cord grass, and swatting the...
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