14 DAY TRIAL // A new video is going viral: over 40 seconds long, it shows a long-haired girl in a red hoodie, taking squealing puppies out of a white bucket and hurling them into a river, one by one.
As outrage cries continue to pour in from all sides, director Michael Bay has also chosen to speak out on the incident, even offering $50,000 to anyone who can offer clues as to the identity of the girl, the Daily Mail says.
The video, as noted above, shows the girl viciously throwing the pups into the river. Animal lovers from all over the globe are saddened and shocked that she believed this to be “entertaining” enough to tape it and post it online.
As an investigation is underway, Bay is asking his millions of fans to offer whatever clue they can to establish the girl’s identity in order for her to receive due punishment.
“There is a disturbing video going around the news outlets. It’s a video of blonde young woman in a red sweatshirt casually tossing squealing puppies into the fast-moving river one by one,” Bay wrote to his fans.
The reward is for “information leading to the arrest and successful prosecution of the woman in the red sweatshirt and the person who shot this act of cruelty,” he also says.
Between the video going viral and now, the girl’s identity has been established, Metro informs. She’s a teenager from Bosnia, and she was apprehended after an animal protection group tipped off authorities.
“The hooded top girl caused worldwide fury when she was shown taking the puppies from a white bucket and throwing them, one by one, into a raging river,” Metro writes.
“The girl was found as a result of leads given to police by Bosnian animal protection groups, it was revealed,” the publication further says.
“Velimir Ivanisevic from the Association of Citizens for Prevention of Cruelty Against Animals SOS, had previously said his group received an e-mail that allegedly identified her as a teenager from the central Bosnian town of Bugojno,” the report also reads.
Also according to Metro, the girl’s parents will now be brought in for questioning regarding her behavior and unspeakable act of cruelty, which seems to confirm she’s underage.
If found guilty, the girl could receive a fine of over $6,100 under Bosnian law, the same report says.
Below is the video of the girl. *Be advised that it contains graphic content.