Dan McWilliams, 54, of Muskogee County, was arrested after animal control received an anonymous tip about neglected animals on his farm.
Muskogee County deputies obtained a search warrant and found animals lying dead along the property's fences on Saturday.
County Sheriff Charles Pearson said on Sunday that there was up to 30 dead horses and seven dead cows, according to Tulsa World.
Pearson added that the deputies were trying to move about 200 animals off of the 360-acre farm and that veterinarians discovered parasites had infected many of the living animals.
He said that animals were very sick and that it looked like 'pure, deep neglect', but that the Sheriff's Department was still investigating to decide if it was disease that had affected the animals.
Many of the living horses are crippled and some of the corpses have been run over by vehicles, according to Muskogee Now.
Most of the deceased animals had likely died within the last month.
Pearson said that when the deputies arrived McWilliams 'started to make a fast walk away' and that he had to be chased down and arrested.
Equipment on the farm - worth millions of dollars, according to Pearson - appeared to be untouched.
Deputies fed the livestock with bales of hay that had been sitting on trailers on the land, according to News on 6.
Animal control seized the remaining living animals and plan to help restore them back to health.
(Daily Mail - Feb 12, 2015)
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