Owner of Gage County horses won’t be charged; animals to be auctioned

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – More than three dozen horses from Gage County will be sent to auction next week, court documents say.

In a court filing Wednesday, 37 horses — which were seized last summer from Dr. Jennafer Glaesemann’s vet clinics — were ordered to be auctioned off Tuesday.

Epona Horse Rescue has been caring for the seized horses for the last six months.  It has raised over $50,000 to purchase the horses.

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The animals were originally scheduled to go on sale on March 2.  But the Gage County attorney didn’t have the proper paperwork.

Glaesemann was initially cited with 37 counts of animal neglect.

But as part of an agreement to give up ownership of the horses, she will not be criminally charged.

Lin Guyton, the owner of Epona, called that a “travesty.”

“Between 17 to 19 horses died at her hand,” she said.

Guyton repeatedly expressed her anger with county and state officials about the resolution of the case.

Glaesemann is banned from owning horses in Gage County until Aug. 1, 2025, according to the court document.

But Guyton fears that she will be able to buy the horses back anyway.

“She could go to this auction and attempt to buy all of these horses back,” Guyton said. “And if she moved them to her parents’ property in Jefferson County, she would not be breaking any laws.”

The horses will be auctioned at the Palmyra Sale Barn.