A puppy outfitted with a backpack of explosives serves as a cruel reminder that ISIS is seeking innovative ways to cause mass casualties.

Video surfaced this week appearing to show a pup quivering in fear as fighters from the Popular Mobilization Forces describe their discovery.

The PMU militia – backed by the Iraqi government – told a camera how they deactivated the remote-controlled explosives – saving themselves and the dog.

“What was this animal’s crime?” the fighters ask, according to a translation from Metro U.K. “ISIS booby traps (animals) and send them out against us.”

The makeshift bomb consisted of three water bottles filled with unidentified white and yellow substances. They were tied together with tape and wire.

According to the report, the dog was sent to the Baghdad Zoo to recover away from the war zone.

Exploding dogs are just the latest deadly tactic employed by the sick death cult.

For years, ISIS has executed perceived infidels with beheadings, drownings, burnings and stonings.

More recently, its members have thrown enemies off cliffs and roofs and used children – ISIS “cubs” – to execute suicide bombings.

Video also emerged last week of the savage terror group using drones – outfitted with HD cameras – to drop bombs on their enemies.