Two horses recently removed from an Ohio farm were euthanized due to poor body condition, said Clermont County Communications Director Kathy Lehr.

The two mares were among six allegedly malnourished thoroughbred horses removed by County animal control officials from a Bethel, Ohio, farm on Dec. 28.

Lehr said, "the mares had body conditions of 0.5 on the Henneke scale."

The farm's operator Chad Moore is in custody at the Clermont County Jail following his arrest on unrelated charges

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