Abandoned Work Horse Has The Happiest Reaction To Getting His Hooves Trimmed

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[Deuxcents]

1. Sweet..

We’re a disposable society..even alive beings that are not useful anymore. Shameful.

[PortTack]

2. I follow her on TikTok. She and her husband rescue many horses from certain death and rehab them

They have placed more than 50 horses in forever homes in the short time they’ve been at it

[cilla4progress]

3. So expensive!

Wonder how they do it.

I'm a horse person - down to 2 now. Almost nothing more important.to me than that my animal family members live well!

[wendyb-NC]

4. Fine video.

Bravo to these people who are saving many horses, who are considered worthless. I love animals this situation where the only solution is the kill pen breaks my heart. I get hope when I hear of those who are able to rescue them.

[tiredtoo]

5. Not a horse person have question

How do wild horses keep their hooves trimmed?

[StarryNite]

7. Wild horses are on the move not standing around in corrals.

Their hooves get worn down naturally. That's part of it. Also the genetics of the wild ones makes for very strong hooves.

[Richard D]

8. Natural abrasion

Wild horses walk/run miles a day over varied surfaces, some are abrasive enough to wear down the hoof growth. Formal term is "barefoot trim" I think.

[StarryNite]

9. Hooves trimmed by nature.

This stallion is part of the Heber wild horse herd in the Apache-Sitgreaves in AZ.

[in2herbs]

10. Wild horses spent about 18 hours a day walking to find food. The ground keeps their feet

trimmed due to its variety of terrain. Most domesticated horses are kept in stalls and allowed to move/walk only a few hours a day and not even every day. No domesticated horse spends 18 hours a day walking in search of food. The anatomy of a horse requires movement. With each step the horse takes the frog in the hoof pushes blood up through the body and back to the hoof. When the frog is damaged due to founder or some other trauma the horse is in great pain and will refuse to move. Back full circle, without movement, the horse will die. Hoof injuries are very difficult to treat because they can cause other factors to cascade leading to death.

It is interesting, however, that founder, a crippling disease in the hoof involving the frog, has been diagnosed in the feet of wild horses. I think it is because when wild horses injure their hooves they seek the cold water of a river or creek and this cold water reduces pain and inflammation.

There is a 2 oz. bone in the horse's hoof called the pedal bone. It is the most important part of a horse because if this 2 oz bone is injured, except in very few cases, there is nothing that can be done and the horse will die.

[StarryNite]

6. There is nothing humane about horse slaughter.

These rescuers are heroes.

Every year thousands of domestic and wild horses are trucked across our borders headed for slaughterhouses in Mexico and Canada. It's an inhumane, horrific end to their lives. They are crowded into trucks, no food or water and from there it keeps getting worse for them. The SAFE ACT must be passed.

The Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act would permanently ban horse slaughter in the U.S. and end the export of horses for slaughter



THE TRUTH ABOUT CANADIAN HORSE SLAUGHTER

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[in2herbs]

11. IMO only until horse slaughter is banned and other animals do not suffer abuse we can never call

the US a civilized society.

[StarryNite]

12. I agree 100%

[calimary]

15. Truly.

This video got me all choked up. Such BEAUTIFUL horses!

[StarryNite]

17. It's horrible to think that this kind of thing is still going on.

I think there are a lot of people who do not realize what happens to horses they discard. Or to so many of our wild horses that are captured and removed by the BLM and the Forest Service.

[calimary]

18. I'm one. I've never owned a horse but I was not aware of this.

Glad it's getting attention.

[tiredtoo]

13. Thanks I learned a lot about horses today. EOM

[Evolve Dammit]

14. Best news I've heard in a long time. Very noble cause. Thanks

[Coventina]

16. There's something so magnificent about those large breed horses.

I mean, all horses are large, but the really big drafts are just so awe-inspiring.