A disturbing online video showing a girl throwing puppies into a river has sparked outrage online and made her the target of an infamous group of web vigilantes.
In the video, which is too distressing to be published here, the young girl is seen callously hurling several newborn puppies into the water.
The clip has attracted attention on several social networking sites since it was published earlier today, leading to the creation of Facebook hate pages and an online campaign to find the girl.
Anonymous users of the image forum 4chan, who were recently credited with identifying a British woman who dumped a cat into a rubbish bin, today turned their sights on the puppy-thrower.
Messages were posted on the site claiming that the video was filmed in either Croatia or Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with several links to Facebook and YouTube accounts that purportedly belong to people involved into the video’s production.
One YouTube account that was posted on the site was flooded with hundreds of death threats when visited this afternoon.
Users of 4chan, in particular the /b/ section of the site, are known for orchestrating massive smear campaigns against individuals.
Last week a British woman who was filmed on CCTV throwing a cat into a bin was identified on the website as 45-year-old Mary Bale.
The /b/ users then managed to find the name of her employer and her home address and began bombarding her with death threats.
Last month a similar campaign targeted 11-year-old American girl Jessi Slaughter, which ended with her being placed under police protection.
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