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A Dothan man faces a felony animal cruelty charge after police say he poured alcohol on a turtle and set it on fire.

According to a Dothan police statement, police arrested 19-year-old James Terrance Allen on Wednesday, and charged him with felony aggravated animal cruelty.

The statement said the charge stemmed from police responding to numerous people reporting to the Dothan Police Department about a live video stream on Facebook of animal cruelty.

The police statement said Allen was apparently shown on live video pouring alcohol on a turtle and saying “give me 100 views and I’ll light it.” Allen then lit the turtle on fire. The statement said Allen then continued and said “give me 200 views or this (expletive) is gonna die.”

Dothan Police Capt. Will Benny said the offense occurred around 12 p.m. Wednesday at Allen’s home located in the 900 block of Chickasaw Street, between Montana Street and North Park Avenue.

“We got a call and we logged into Facebook, and saw he was live,” Benny said.

Benny said after police found Allen’s Facebook page they looked for him, found where he lived and arrested him.