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This sickening footage shows a group of men torturing a wolf - forcing it smoke by stuffing cigarettes up its nose.

The injured animal is tied to the front of a truck while one man repeatedly punches it in the head.

The sick abusers then grab the wolf by its neck and shove lit cigarettes into its nostrils.

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The video was released by Anima Mundi, an animal rights activist group, and was allegedly shot in the village of Karbinci in eastern Macedonia.

The activists said in a statement: "This is the image of a sadist who wants to show what a man he is by beating a defenceless animal."

"Not satisfied with having beaten it so badly that it is on the verge of death, they want to make the last minutes of this beautiful wild animal as painful as possible."

A complaint has been filed with authorities and the men in the video are said to have been identified by police, but their names have not been released.