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• July 25: Two men try to calm a pony that was injured during the 82nd annual Chincoteague Pony Swim in Chincoteague, Va. Every year, the island holds a pony penning the last Wednesday and Thursday of July. Chincoteague volunteer firemen drive ponies across the channel from the wildlife refuge to the town so that the refuge doesn't get overpopulated. The ponies are then auctioned to raise money for the volunteer fire department.
• July 25: Ponies are led into the Assateague Channel during the 82nd annual Chincoteague Pony Swim in Chincoteague, Va. Every year, the island holds a pony penning the last Wednesday and Thursday of July. Chincoteague volunteer firemen drive ponies across the channel from the wildlife refuge to the town so that the refuge doesn't get overpopulated. The ponies are then auctioned to raise money for the volunteer fire department.
• July 25: Ponies swim across the Assateague Channel during the 82nd annual Chincoteague Pony Swim in Chincoteague, Va. Every year, the island holds a pony penning the last Wednesday and Thursday of July. Chincoteague volunteer firemen drive ponies across the channel from the wildlife refuge to the town so that the refuge doesn't get overpopulated. The ponies are then auctioned to raise money for the volunteer fire department.
• July 25: A man looks through binoculars during the 82nd annual Chincoteague Pony Swim in Chincoteague, Va. Some of the horses will be sold to thin the herd and raise money for the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company, which cares for the ponies.
• July 25: Ponies run into a pen after they swam across the Assateague Channel during the 82nd annual Chincoteague Pony Swim in Chincoteague, Va. The ponies will be auctioned off Thursday.