--- title: Neglected Horses Had 3-Foot-Long Hooves, Rescuers Say description: The horses were found with 3-foot hooves canonical: https://time.com/4014160/horse-rescue-hooves/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-27T23:29:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:23:57.478Z og:title: Neglected Horses Had 3-Foot-Long Hooves, Rescuers Say og:description: The horses had likely not received medical care in 15 years og:url: https://time.com/4014160/horse-rescue-hooves/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43a1459e4f35f49b/69886148cd1bba4a206fceb2/quest-on-scene-hoof-overgrowth-8-21-15.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1638 og:image:height: 921 og:image:alt: Quest on scene hoof overgrowth 8-21-15 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Neglected Horses Had 3-Foot-Long Hooves, Rescuers Say twitter:description: The horses had likely not received medical care in 15 years twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43a1459e4f35f49b/69886148cd1bba4a206fceb2/quest-on-scene-hoof-overgrowth-8-21-15.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Neglected Horses Had 3-Foot-Long Hooves, Rescuers Say > Sponsored content. 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The Humane Society of Washington County was alerted of the horses last Friday and rescuers took them to the Days End Farm Horse Rescue to recover, according to [WUSA](http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/maryland/2015/08/24/2-horses-found-neglected-living-filth/32283427/) in Washington. The animals reportedly had 3 foot hooves that had to be partially removed in order to transport them to the Farm. According to [WUSA](http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/maryland/2015/08/24/2-horses-found-neglected-living-filth/32283427/), the horses had likely not received medical care in 15 years. The horses are reportedly recovering slowly, but the neglect was so severe they have to be careful. \[[WUSA](http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/maryland/2015/08/24/2-horses-found-neglected-living-filth/32283427/)\] _Read next:_ [_This is What Killed Knut the Polar Bear_](http://time.com/4013780/knut-polar-bear-death/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day_](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4014160/horse-rescue-hooves/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4014160/horse-rescue-hooves/"},"headline":"Neglected Horses Had 3-Foot-Long Hooves, Rescuers Say","datePublished":"2015-08-27T23:29:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:57.478Z","description":"The horses were found with 3-foot hooves","url":"https://time.com/4014160/horse-rescue-hooves/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43a1459e4f35f49b/69886148cd1bba4a206fceb2/quest-on-scene-hoof-overgrowth-8-21-15.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43a1459e4f35f49b/69886148cd1bba4a206fceb2/quest-on-scene-hoof-overgrowth-8-21-15.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Quest on scene hoof overgrowth 8-21-15","caption":"","creditText":"Days End Farm Horse Rescue","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4014160/horse-rescue-hooves/","name":"Neglected Horses Had 3-Foot-Long Hooves, Rescuers Say"}}]}] ```