
06/25/2025
Wild Mustang Hooves and Fake News -
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When I first posted the lead photo to our June issue of Barefoot News, featuring Erin Phillips' article and shared photos of the now deceased mustang, Echo, I didn't realize how many people would comment and say, "those are not mustang feet" and "you are lying". Even such elaborations as, "those were trimmed with a grinder" and "wild horse hooves do NOT look like that" ๐คฃ
That's really wild! Because the photos came direct from The Cloud Foundation. In the comments, I'll share the screenshot of the dead mustang, Echo, and the link to the news video you can watch, which shows his body, and the very obvious feet, which are exactly as they appear here in the provided photos. No one ran out there and trimmed his feet. Seriously. Get real.
It's nice to see untouched hooves, and marvel at their design. Yes, mustang hooves do vary, as do all equines' hooves all over the world. These photos really are the hooves of one deceased Pryor Mountain Mustang. And over the years, I've seen countless examples that are very similar. Which just proves what I suspected - MORE people need to become familiar with the untouched hooves of horses living in ideal natural living conditions.
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