A beloved wild stallion known for defying the fences on North Carolina’s Outer Banks has died, according to the Corolla Wild Horse Fund.
JW succumbed to colic, despite being given emergency treatments at a farm, the nonprofit fund reported in an Oct. 14 Facebook post.
He was among the oldest horses roaming the northern Outer Banks and famously defiant, earning him the nickname “Jumper.”
“JW was well into his 30s, which is very old for any horse, but especially for a stallion who spent his entire life in the wild,” Corolla herd manager Meg Puckett wrote in a tribute…