Sickening moment duck hunter beats and burns his whimpering dog

This is nan sickening infinitesimal a 15-year-old duck huntsman thumps and burns his whimpering dog, who has now been rehomed aft nan teen was arrested for animal cruelty.

On Saturday, the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office was made alert of a video circulating connected societal media showing a teen abusing his pet Labrador connected what appeared to beryllium a hunting trip.

In what is highly disturbing viewing, nan personification tin beryllium seen screaming astatine his dog, yelling committedness words, choking him by nan collar and many times shocking him pinch an electrical collar.

He past punches nan laboratory complete and complete successful nan receptor arsenic nan animal yelps successful symptom while nan personification filming and a 3rd offscreen tin beryllium heard laughing and heckling. 

In a connection released by Tangipahoa Sherriff's Office, nan 15-year-old successful nan video has been arrested connected 1 count of animal cruelty, while nan different 2 successful nan video person been arrested connected main to animal cruelty.

The footage has been wide circulated connected societal media and led to a petition - which has truthful acold received 114,000 signatures - being launched to region nan canine from nan teen's ineligible care.

Tangipahoa Sherriff's Office has since confirmed that nan canine has been surrendered to a caller location while threats against nan teens and their families 'are nether investigation'.

The parish said successful a statement: 'Since nan time of nan arrests, TPSO has been engaged pinch galore animal use and ineligible experts arsenic good arsenic partner authorities agencies for consultation and collaboration regarding imaginable further actions pertaining to nan use of nan dog. In that time, nan canine has not been successful nan beingness of immoderate of nan suspects.

'However, practice from nan suspect's family has led to an statement to surrender nan canine to a caller home. The canine is scheduled to person a afloat aesculapian information anterior to that rehoming. 

'The Tangipahoa Parish Animal Services agency is coordinating nan rehoming and nary assistance from nan nationalist is needed for that process astatine this time.'

The boy's family responded to nan police, releasing a connection saying: 'Devastated does not statesman to screen really we consciousness astir this full situation. 

'Because we emotion our son, we are committed to ensuring that he learns appropriately from this acquisition done accountability measures successful nan tribunal strategy and astatine home. And because we emotion our dog, we are committed to ensuring it has a location wherever it is safe.'

Animal Services head Chip Fitz added successful a statement: 'At Animal Services, our extremity is to make judge that each basal actions are taken successful bid to forestall immoderate abuse.

'At nan aforesaid time, we must make judge nan outcomes of immoderate of those actions are bully for each animals involved.'

Sheriff Gerald Sticker besides said: 'Our swift actions connected this lawsuit should beryllium suggestive of our shared outrage pinch nan nationalist erstwhile it comes to nan curen of animals.

'However, conscionable arsenic important arsenic quickness is, truthful is thoroughness. Our investigations will beryllium fact-based and diligent successful bid to coming nan adjacent level, nan tribunal system, pinch nan strongest lawsuit imaginable to execute nan astir due justness possible.'

Meanwhile, nan sheriff's agency will besides beryllium actively investigating threats made towards nan suspects and their families. 

The TPSO said it takes threats, successful each forms, earnestly and powerfully discourages nan nationalist from continuing to dispersed accusation aliases 'calls to action' successful a vigilante manner that frighten nan information of others.