A Mysterious Island Amid The Atlantic Ocean Holds An Interesting History With A Dangerous Future

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In the 1800s, the men who stationed on the island used the animals to patrol the area or to pull lifeboats. This happened nearly for a century after which these equines were taken away and sold for use in Canadian coal mines. Luckily, in 1960, the government took the matter in their hands preventing the further removal of the horses.