Mysterious Predator Threatening Grayson Highlands Ponies

By: Eli Lamport, Science Reporter

Ponies have roamed 4,000 acres in Grayson Highlands State Park for over 50 years. They help keep the brush down on the park’s iconic bald mountaintops, and are a tourist attraction in their own right. The pony population has been diminished in recent years by predators, raising questions over their future in the park.