Fourteen horses are receiving rehabilitative care and another 18 await removal after authorities discovered the remains of 49 horses on a property in Pendleton County, Ky.

Pendleton County Animal Control Equine Investigator Scott Pracht said he responded to an anonymous complaint concerning a dead horse on a property near Butler, Ky. Upon investigation, animal control personnel discovered the remains of six horses on a property owned by horse seller and trader Larry Browning.

“Some still had their halters on (and) some had fallen into a pond on the property,” Pracht said.

Further investigation revealed remains of a total of 49 horses; "Some were just skeletons," he said