Two teens arrested after bird bashed to death at Sydney wharf | Video

Two boys, aged 18 and 13, were arrested after a video was posted on social media of a waterbird being bashed to death at the King St Wharf in Sydney.

Two teenagers have been arrested after sickening footage surfaced of a waterbird being bashed to death at Sydney’s King St Wharf.

The 18-year-old and 13-year-old were arrested at a home in Revesby on Saturday, 24 hours after police learned of the video on social media.

The footage showed two fisherman catching and reeling in an Australian pied cormorant at Pier Nine on King Street Wharf.

NSW Police believe the attack occurred on Thursday, March 4 at Walsh Bay.

A screenshot of the graphic footage shared on Facebook both by an alleged attacker and shocked viewers.

The video showed the boys chuckling as they circled the bird before kicking it and dragging it on the line as it flapped its wings and flailed on the concrete.

The man filming is hearing to say “take him, bro” as the other men kicked the bird.

One of the males stomped on the bird’s head multiple times before it died.

One of the alleged attackers took to social media to boast about the bashing, posting the video with the caption “nice 74cm caught today”.

A man is seen to kick the bird.

Eventually the bird is still.

Sydney City police were made aware of the video on Friday and tracked down the teenagers to a home on The River Rd at Revesby.

The 13-year-old will be dealt with under the Young Offenders Act.

The 18-year-old — Rabih Habib — was charged with serious animal cruelty.

He was granted conditional bail to appear at the Downing Centre Local Court on March 31.

Meanwhile police are still looking for a third man captured in the bird killing video.

He is described as being of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern appearance, aged in his late teens or early 20s with a medium build and black mohawk style haircut and beard.

In the vision he was wearing a black singlet with a white logo across it, black three quarter length pants and black sneakers.

Investigators are also keen to identify whoever filmed the brutal display of alleged animal cruelty.