It was a 43 second YouTube video of a teenage girl wearing a red hooded sweatshirt and giggling while she grabbed six defenseless puppies out of a bucket and hurled them into a raging river that has attracted international attention for the viciousness of her act.
Animal activist Kellan Lutz, who portrays the vampire Emmett Cullen in the popular series Twilight was extremely disturbed at the incident. He has been pictured with his rescued dog Kola in PETA advertisements encouraging people to adopt a dog from animal shelters.
Lutz also praised Transformer actor, Michael Bay for offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the teenager throwing the puppies.
According to Bosnian police, the teenage girl has been identified, and her parents are expected in for questioning. They live in the small town of Bugojno, and if convicted the girl could be fined up to $6400.