you use it as special effect or what?
if you use it as special effect and Destroy it in trigger, it will play death animation,
If you use it as dummy/Unit :\ thats a wierd problem,
(if you didn't destroy it, it should play birth animation and then stand animation until you destroy it (and it will play death animation))
so... I guess you are using special effect?
maybe try use dummy?
If there is still problem and even dummy play the death animation, PM/VM me, I shall go and find out what's the problem