{"id":84318,"date":"2026-02-08T13:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T18:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84318"},"modified":"2026-02-13T12:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:13:16","slug":"hows-moonfire-doing-answer-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org\/?p=84318","title":{"rendered":"How&#8217;s Moonfire doing? Answer: Great!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are so glad we were able to save this foal&#8217;s life! Moonfire, the youngest Salt River wild horse, is in his scratchy phase and &#8220;main straight up&#8221; phase of his life and he is doing great. 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