UPDATED: Shocking Online Video Of Girl Throwing Live Puppies Into River Sparks Anger, Death Threats
August 31, 2010 in Endangerment, Law Enforcement, News
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UPDATE:
Here’s an Associated Press update about this story.
– Kenn
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — An animal rights group in Bosnia called on authorities Wednesday to investigate a claim that a disturbing video of a young woman throwing six newborn puppies into a river was filmed in the Balkan country.
The video, which first appeared on YouTube, shows the hooded girl taking the puppies from a white bucket and throwing them, one by one, into a river.
Velimir Ivanisevic from the Association of Citizens for Prevention of Cruelty Against Animals SOS said his group received an e-mail that allegedly identifies her as a teenager from the central Bosnian town of Bugojno.
“We cannot say with 100 percent certainty that this is true…but we received some other information which leads us to believe that it is,” Ivanisevic said.
He added that the group has called on authorities to investigate the claim.
Bosnia recently adopted an animal protection law instituting fines of between €15 ($12) and €5,000 ($6,400) for private citizens, and between € 100,00 ($78,7) and €100,000 ($128,000) for institutions, for cruel treatment of animals, but Ivanisevic said authorities continue to ignore cases reported by his group.
Police in Bugojno said they were investigating the report, but refused to discuss details.
END UPDATE.
A young woman, believed to be from Bosnia, is seen in video picking up puppies and throwing them into a rapidly moving river.
By MICHAEL SHERIDAN For NY DAILY NEWS
I will not be posting the video or linking to it. This is just another sad story of a human being showing no signs of empathy towards another living creature. It really just sickens me.
It’s hard enough to post this one image, but if anyone recognizes her please call the authorities.
– Kenn
Even Cruella De Vil would be disgusted.
A young woman has become the focus of death threats and hate messages after video of her throwing live puppies into a river was recently posted online.
Her identity is unknown, but some have suggested she may be from Bosnia.
The disturbing video shows the young, blonde woman smiling as she picks several puppies out of a dirty bucket and viciously tosses them into a rapidly flowing river.
At one point, as the woman lobs a black-and-white pup into the water, she can clearly be heard saying, “whee.”
Online “investigators” have posted links to a YouTube page, as well as several Facebook profiles, accusing those people of being the girl or the person who filmed the video. It is unclear if the witch hunt has actually found those responsible, however.
The video was originally featured on YouTube, but has since been pulled because of its content.
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