The fight to save Cumberland Island’s horses

  • Many of the horses on Cumberland Island (such as those pictured here) flock to the green grasses surrounding the Dungeness mansion ruins. Local resident and activist Carol Ruckdeschel expressed concern about the bones visible jutting out from under the horses' skin, a sign they may be starving. Photo by Holly Dorman/News-Leader
    Many of the horses on Cumberland Island (such as those pictured here) flock to the green grasses surrounding the Dungeness mansion ruins. Local resident and activist Carol Ruckdeschel expressed concern about the bones visible jutting out from under the horses' skin, a sign they may be starving. Photo by Holly Dorman/News-Leader
  • Many of the horses on Cumberland Island (such as those pictured here) flock to the green grasses surrounding the Dungeness mansion ruins. Local resident and activist Carol Ruckdeschel expressed concern about the bones visible jutting out from under the horses' skin, a sign they may be starving. Photo by Holly Dorman/News-Leader
    Many of the horses on Cumberland Island (such as those pictured here) flock to the green grasses surrounding the Dungeness mansion ruins. Local resident and activist Carol Ruckdeschel expressed concern about the bones visible jutting out from under the horses' skin, a sign they may be starving. Photo by Holly Dorman/News-Leader
    As the legal battle to regime Cumberland Island’s feral horse population rolls forward, plaintiff and Cumberland Island resident Carol Ruckdeschel is making sure the island’s visitors know all ...

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