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TRAVEL
a new excursion to Sable Island for
more than 100 passengers, I knew
I had to be one of them. It was a
dream come true when I felt the
island's sand move between my
toes and watched the wild horses
graze comfortably on the marram
beach grass in front of me.
On my visit, I met Zoe Lucas,
who originally arrived at the island
as a field camp assistant more than
38 years ago and has been observ-
ing its horses ever since. She's one of
approximately five human inhabit-
ants of the island today. In addition
to tracking the horses' numbers,
Left: A Sable Island stallion
checks us out as we float by
in our Zodiac. Younger stallions
that don't have their own small
herds often band together with
other colts or wander the island
in solitary.
