The owners of the two horses found dumped deep into the a heavily wooded area in Oconto County, might not get in trouble.

Sheriff Michael Jansen tells NBC 26 they are done with their investigation and he's not recommending charges against the owners.

The owners, who's names aren't being released at this time, told investigators the horses weren't starved or tortured.

They say the animals died of natural causes at least four weeks ago.

Sheriff Jansen says decomposition could be the reason why the condition of the horses was so bad.

Apparently, the owners tried to have the bodies removed by a carcass collector, but it was too expensive.

So the owners paid a 19-year-old man and a 22-year-old man to bury the horses.

Instead, the sheriff says the two males dumped the horses in a heavily wooded area.

Sheriff Jansen is only recommending charges against the two males for illegally dumping the bodies.

Some area horse lovers, say it's not enough.

"Whenever they died they were in extremely poor condition," says Patty Wisneski.  "I'm still disappointed because dumping the horses is a whole seperate issue than, how did these horses come to be the way they are?"

It's now up to Jay Conley, the Oconto County District Attorney to decide.

Conley tells NBC 26, he will look over the case and decided next week who, if anybody will be charged.