Her family has traveled to the island six times in the past two years, according to a story by Lake Placid News.
She started putting words on paper after a stallion was removed for aggressive behavior.
The book can be ordered from AIA for $15.
The island was a test bed for Zonastat-H, a fertility control pesticide applied by researchers for over 20 years.
Although the darting program was shut off in 2016, the herd has failed to rebound, suggesting that many of the mares are sterile.
Exposing the dangers of the product and the frauds who promote it, an ongoing effort by your host, would be a good topic for a second book.
AIA has not updated their census since July.
In years past, the Park Service published census results every two months but stopped when the destruction became apparent.
Today the herd is known for loss of genetic diversity, diminished breeding population and abnormal sex ratio, among other things.
RELATED: Assateague Pony Census, July 2023.
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