--- 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Neglected Horses Had 3-Foot-Long Hooves, Rescuers Say by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Aug 27, 2015 11:29 PM UTC  Days End Farm Horse Rescue by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Aug 27, 2015 11:29 PM UTC Rescuers discovered two emaciated horses in at least three feet of waste at a neglected farm in Maryland. 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) Neglected Horses Had 3-Foot-Long Hooves, Rescuers Say ```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"}}]}] ```