A heartless teenager in Brazil filmed himself burning several puppies alive in a sickening case of animal cruelty.
The unidentified 14-year-old recorded himself opening the door to a flaming furnace before reaching into a bag and pulling out the small puppies by hand.
He is seen counting out at least seven puppies and tossing them into the fire one by one as the animals screamed.
The teen reportedly shared the video with his friends on WhatsApp.
The incident reportedly occurred in Vidal Ramos, a city in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina.
Footage of the incident went viral October 17 and was brought to the attention of the Santa Catarina Police, which dispatched a unit to the teen’s home.
‘The father was working at the time the police arrived at the scene,’ police captain Armo Senem told CNN Brasil. ‘As the video was from an earlier date, there was no evidence of the incident, but a report was filed to the Civil Police.’
Senem said it’s unknown if the teenager decided to kill the dogs on his own or if he was influenced by someone else.
Authorities will not be able to arrest him and charge him with a crime because of his age.
But since he is between the age of 12 and 18, he can be held responsible for his actions and is subject to socio-educational measures, under the Child and Adolescent Statute.
The 14-year-old’s barbaric act come on the heels of the October 9 incident in which a nine-year-old boy killed 23 animals at a veterinary hospital in Nova Fátima, a town in the northeastern state of Bahia.
The child was caught on camera jumping over a fence and walking inside the facility, where he removed the animals from their cages.
Footage showed the boy slamming 15 rabbits into the walls and cutting their limbs.