Authorities first searched the Pleasant Prairie farm on April 9 after police received an anonymous tip and discovered five dead horses in barn stalls as well as partially buried horse remains.
Authorities returned to the farm three weeks later with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and another search warrant.
During a three-day search, they found the carcasses of 55 horses, 12 goats and two cows in two separate gravesites. The house on the property was deemed uninhabitable.
Kenosha County police said this could be the worst case of horse abuse on record in the county.
The farm’s owners, Paula and David White, were arrested and charged with animal mistreatment.
Starvation seems to have caused most of the deaths.
(WGNTV - May 9, 2013)
