Disturbing footage has emerged of two men mounting and plucking a trapped and visibly distressed emu.

The video was shot by a 19-year-old on Monday morning in Walgett in regional New South Wales.

Watch the video above. WARNING: Distressing content

In it, a man in a blue jumper holds the pinned bird by the neck as the teenaged woman behind the camera laughs and says: "This is going to be funny as f**k."

He frees the bird, which writhes as it tries to escape his grip.

But instead of letting the bird go, the first man mounts the bird and tries to ride it.

The man can be seen with handfuls of feathers he'd ripped from the emu. Credit: Supplied

Chevron Right Icon 'This is going to be funny as f**k.'

"Oh f**k it's got a long neck," he says.

"It can't stand bro," the woman can be heard saying.

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At one point in the video, the man lifts the emu into the air by its neck as he straddles it. Credit: Supplied

A dog can be heard barking and growling in the background as the camera woman continues to laugh.

A continuation of the footage, which 7NEWS.com.au has chosen not to show, shows the man ripping handfuls of feathers off the bird before flinging them in the air.

NSW Police and RSPCA NSW have been approached for comment.