authorities have found 14 dead horses on a property in oregon and seized another 34 after spending months trying to work with the owners to improve conditions for the animals on wednesday the linn county sheriffs office seized the horses after serving a search warrant at the home of carol davidson 69 and edward davidson 66 on berlin road just outside lebanon oregon according to a press release more task force to investigate santa anita track where 23 racehorses died the linn county sheriffs office animal control was first alerted to the property in december after it received complaints of horses standing in muddy conditions and has been trying to work with the property owners ever since authorities said at that time the state of the horses well being was not a concern linn county sheriffs lt michelle duncan told abc portland affiliate katu some animal owners either theyre not capable or they get overwhelmed with what theyre taking care of so we always try to work with the owners duncan said linn county sheriffs office seizes horses in animal neglect case photo linn county sheriff linncountyso april 25 2019 but those efforts were unsuccessful in january linn county sheriffs deputy corey putney observed several horses still standing in muddy conditions as well as a dead horses that had not been disposed of properly when he drove by the property authorities said putney also noticed that the horses were starting to show signs of poor health and had lost an unhealthy amount of weight since he saw them the month before according to the release at that time putney cited carol davidson for placing an offensive substance near a waterway highway or property and failure to license dogs but continued to work with the property owner to improve the conditions the horses were kept in authorities said carol davidson was cooperative and made some changes to address the conditions but those changes were minimal and not sustained according to the release more santa anita racetrack reopening after 22 horses died putney checked on the horses periodically in the months that followed but the sheriffs office continued to receive several calls regarding the property and earlier this month authorities received another report of dead horses on the property authorities said when deputies responded they found some of the living horses standing in septic mud and water full of urine and feces authorities said the mud was up to the horses chests in some places and another 13 horses were found dead katu reported more 90 horses found dead in australian outback during massive heat wave putney also found that the health of the stillliving horses was deteriorating and took action to seize them authorities said they were skinny with their ribs and hip bones showing and did not have access to clean drinking water or food according to the release sheep and several dogs that were found on the property appeared to be in adequate health and were