PETA is offering up to $5,000 for information about the person who hit a deer with their car and then set the deer on fire while it was still alive.

It happened early February 16 near State Road 25 and County Road 400 North in Fulton County.

Officers arrived to find the animal still alive and smoldering. Someone had reportedly poured accelerant on the deer before lighting it on fire.

Police quickly put the animal out of its misery.

Police believe the car that hit the deer was blue or black. It may be a Camaro, Trans Am, or Firebird from the 90's or early 2000's.

PETA urges anyone with information about this case to contact Fulton County Sheriff's Department Crime Stoppers at 574-223-7867 or Indiana Conservation Officers' "Turn in a Poacher Line" at 1-800-TIP-IDNR immediately.