Nine people were arrested in Florida after they allegedly lured bears from their homes so they could get attacked and mauled by packs of hunting dogs, officials say.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Office of Statewide Prosecution and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced the arrests in a press release earlier this week.

According to the release, the nine individuals were arrested after a yearlong probe into the illegal baiting, taking and molestation of black bears by the use of dogs for commercial purposes.

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“Not only were these gruesome acts of violence repulsive and cruel, they were recorded and posted to social media for the amusement of the defendants,” Bondi said in the announcement. “I doubt they are laughing any longer now that they have been arrested for serious crimes.”

The defendants are accused of luring the animals with food like doughnuts and pastries in multiple counties in Florida. Authorities say they would then set large packs of dogs on the bears to be chased, attacked and mauled.

The Office of Statewide Prosecution has obtained warrants for social media accounts where the defendants shared footage of some of the attacks.

The defendants have been charged with animal cruelty, animal fighting or baiting, conspiracy to commit racketeering, littering, unlawful taking of black bears and the unlawful use of a two-way communication device.