A 43-second video showing a young girl throwing several live, newborn puppies into a river has sparked horror and outrage and prompted authorities to try and track the woman down. The video, which was uploaded on YouTube and LiveLeak in late August of 2010, was quickly taken down. In the clip, a girl in a red, hooded sweatshirt can be seen casually scooping six yelping black-and-white puppies out of a bucket and tossing them into a fast-moving river below.http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20015283-504083.html

Within hours of the video's release, several online groups had formed, each with the objective to find the girl and the person who filmed the clip. A Facebook group called "Find the Girl Who Threw Puppies in River" now has well over 14,000 members. PC World reports that users on the Web forum 4chan had identified the owner of the YouTube account where the video was first uploaded. The user, "Martin," is reportedly from a town in Bosnia.http://www.pcworld.com/article/204615/video_of_puppies_thrown_into_river_spark_outcry_and_sleuthing.html CNN reports that in the video, the girl appears to be speaking Croatian.http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/01/puppies.river.toss/

A shocking 43-second video showing a young woman throwing several live, newborn puppies into a river has sparked horror and outrage and prompted authorities to try and track the woman down.

The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, is offering a $2000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved in the video. In a news release, PETA Manager Martin Mersereau said "Animal abusers are cowards," adding that "They take their issues out on the most defenseless beings available to them."http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/01/puppies.river.toss/

On September 1, 2010, the Associated Press reported that a Bosnian animal rights group was asking authorities to investigate reports that those behind the video, including the puppy-throwing young woman, are from the town of Bugojno, in central Bosnia.The AP said police there "said they were investigating the report" but "refused to discuss details" about the case.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jql7iT5yn0h5L-3mGLgz0uZivDVgD9HV7ONG0