An 18-year-old from Chicago has been charged with one felony count of animal torture after a video surfaced on Facebook showing a man pouring boiling water over a cat.

Leon Teague, who lives on the 6900 block of South Martin Luther King Drive in the city's South Side, was arrested and ordered held without bail.

He was also charged with a misdemeanor count of animal cruelty following an investigation by the Chicago Police Animal Crimes Unit and the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.

The cat, who survived the attack with singed fur and burns, is on medical hold at the city's animal shelter until Monday.

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Leon Teague, 18, of Chicago, posted the video of a man pouring boiling water over a cat. He was charged with a felony account of animal torture, and a misdemeanor count of animal cruelty

The cat survived with burns and singed fur, and is now on medical hold at an animal shelter after it was found behind the house shown in the video

Heather Weidmann, a 43-year-old who watched the video and cried, found the cat behind the house shown in the video with her friend, Melissa Belice.

Weidmann told NY Daily News: 'He’s got scabbing but he’s very friendly and he’s in great spirits. For everything that he’s been through, to still come up and let us touch him and pet him, he’s pretty damn special.

Under the Facebook nickname 'GlockBoy MurDoc', Teague posted the sickening foootage, which initially shows water boiling in a pan on top of a hot stove.

A man carries the pot towards a window, calls the animal to come closer, and suddenly pours the boiling hot water on top of the cat.

The animal can be seen screaming and running around in a panic while continuing to howl in excruciating pain.

The clip concludes with the man hurtling abuse at the injured animal as it attempts to make its way down a set of stairs.

Video footage showed a man filming himself boiling water in a pan (left) before carrying it to the window and pouring it on a cat below (right)

Heather Weidmann, 43, right, found the cat after she watched the video and cried. She said: 'He’s got scabbing but he’s very friendly and he’s in great spirits.' Pictured, friend Melissa Belice, left, as they were rescuing the cat

The video, posted under the now-deleted Facebook account, sparked an onslaught of outraged comments on social media, and several police departments received tips and complaints from viewers.

Heavy reported that the social media account showed Teague was a student at Dunbar Vocational High School.

According to the NY Daily News, police confronted Teague who said: 'If you think I did it, lock me up. S--t. I know the system. If I admit to this, I’m going to jail. Glock Boy MurDoc is my Facebook name and people come in and out of my apartment all the time.'

The website also reported Teague is currently on juvenile probation for a residential burglary. He also has another pending residential burglary case.

He was ordered held without bail on Friday in Cook County Central Bond Court.