Horse neglect resulting in death
Kenai, AK (US)Incident Date: Thursday, Aug 22, 2002
County: Kenai Peninsula
Disposition: Alleged
Case Images: 3 files available
Alleged:
» Eugene Lyle Antrich
» Mary Martin
Alaska Equine Rescue currently has 3 horses in foster care for the State of Alaska in connection with 4 counts of cruelty against Eugene Lyle Antrich and Mary Martin of Nikiski and Clam Gulch.
Two of the horses are mature mares that were taken in emaciated condition on a hunting excursion in late August 2002, and became so weak that other hunters who saw them in the hunting area reported them to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Division of Law Enforcement, at Tustumena Lake in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. The horses were too weak to walk back out of the woods and were barged to safety and placed into protective custody with AER.
The other horse in foster care is a yearling filly, who was kept tied on a short line in a 3-sided shed with a concrete floor for 4 to 5 months, unable to run and play, lie down, and in some instances unable to reach what little food or water was sporadically provided. Her foal sized halter was becoming so tight that her head was starting to change shape. She was turned over to AER in December 2002 when a caretaker for Antrich/Martin did not have the necessary resources to care for her.
A fourth horse, an aged mare, died on the Antrich/Martin property in September 2002, in emaciated condition. AER had repeatedly requested authorities to take her into protective custody. However, the authorities declined to do so and the old mare was left with Antrich/Martin, tied with no shelter to the outside of a corral, with little or no food or water, until she could not stand up any longer. We learned after-the-fact that the old mare went down and finally died after brutal attempts by Antrich/Martin to raise her failed. It was a very ugly ending.
The Antrich/Martin case was scheduled for trial call in November and trial in December. However, there have been several delays and we anticipate further postponements. References
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