COROLLA, N.C. -- A herd of wild horses in Corolla that has suffered a stretch of deaths and banishments has welcomed a new foal.

• A mare gave birth to a filly last week.
• The wild horses live in Corolla.
• The is the herd's fifth foal this year, though one has died. 

The CEO of the Corolla Wild Horse Fund told the Virginian-Pilot that a mare gave birth to a filly last week.

This is the herd's fifth foal this year, though one has died.

The herd has about four foals annually but another one may be born before the year ends.

Six of the herd's about 100 horses were sent to a corral for recovering wild horses after repeatedly leaving the 7,500 acres where the horses are contained.

Two other horses died of natural causes. One horse was killed by a car and another horse died following a fight with another horse.