ASSATEAGUE ISLAND, VA - JULY 21: Young children look at a wild pony after it was brought to a holding pen before making next weeks annual swim across the Assateague Channel to Chincoteague Island, on July 21, 2012 in Assateague Island, Virginia. Each year the wild ponies are auctioned off by the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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