Video shows boys brutally beating deer — Pa. Game Commission investigating

Sam Ruland | York Daily Record

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The Pennsylvania Game Commission is looking for information regarding a disturbing video that went viral on Saturday night portraying a pair of boys brutally beating a white-tailed buck that was shot and wounded.

The video, which was allegedly taken in Brookville, Pennsylvania, has been shared more than 3,600 times and is graphic in nature. The original post can be found here, but readers are advised to proceed with caution if they choose to view it.

"The Pennsylvania Game Commission is aware of a video purporting to show individuals assaulting an injured deer," the agency wrote in a social media post Sunday. "The conduct portrayed in the video is reprehensible and potentially a violation of the law."

The video shows the boys kick the buck in the face, rip off its antlers, and step on its throat. The buck was alive during this entire encounter, but appeared too weak to move.

Throughout the video, the boys can be heard laughing and asking one another if the animal was still alive.

Pennsylvania State Game Wardens are currently investigating the matter, according to the statement. If anyone has information related to the video, they are asked to report it to the Operation Game Thief Hotline at 1-888–PGC-8001 or the Game Commission’s Northwest Region Dispatch Office at 814-432-3187.