A 16-year-old Ontario youth has been cited for felony animal abuse after he allegedly fatally hit a duck with a golf club on a local course, an incident that was captured on video and shared on social media, police said Thursday, March 8.

The juvenile was arrested at home after Ontario police were alerted late Wednesday to the incident at Whispering Lakes Golf Course in that city. The unidentified youth was taken into custody early Thursday and has since been released to the custody of his parents, police said.

The video showed the youth using a golf club to hit the duck, whose remains were found, police said. The video was on Twitter, and was taken off its original site by Thursday morning, but was retweeted elsewhere.

The duck, on the ground, appears to be in some distress and does not try to escape when some youths, including the suspect, approach it. The video shows the duck being struck at least twice.

The action drew scorn from several people who weighed on the video in social media postings.

“so when you were all smiley, laughing and playing around saying the holy trinity you were trying to put it out of its misery? imagine being that duck would you want someone to hit you intentionally with a golf club? maybe next time have some sympathy and grow up. sorry nothing” one Twitter commenter said about the video.

Anyone with additional information is asked to call Detective Joe Tirre at 909-395-2862. Tips can be left anonymously at WE-TIP by calling 800-782-7463 or www.wetip.com.