Man’s sickening attack on dog caught on video in Queensland

Authorities are hunting man captured on camera viciously attacking a dog in broad daylight. Warning: distressing vision.

WARNING: Distressing content

A sickening video of a man brutally attacking a dog in broad daylight on a suburban street in north Queensland has been posted online by animal advocates seeking to identify him.

RSPCA Queensland released the footage on the organisation’s Facebook page today and within hours it had attracted tens of thousands of views.

The clip showed the man unleash a vicious attack on a dog in which he repeatedly punched, kicked and threw the animal on Green Street in North Mackay on February 13.

It’s not known whether the dog belonged to the man, or if it was a dog wandering in the neighbourhood.

The dog eventually ran away but it’s not known what happened to it next. A second person could also be seen with the alleged perpetrator during the attack and didn’t appear to try and stop it.

“The RSPCA is appealing to the public for any information that might lead to the identification of a man who brutally attacked and punched a dog in Mackay,” the organisation’s Facebook post read.

“The man’s companion can be seen watching the attack but takes no action.”

The man could be seen violently picking the dog up by its head.

He also appeared to jump on the animal and hold it down as he repeatedly punched it.

The dog was able to eventually run away despite being viciously beaten.

Social media users who watched the video were outraged by the attack.

“I am physically shaken by this,” one person wrote.

“I wish I didn't see this,” another said.

”How someone could do this to an animal is beyond me.”

RSPCA Queensland spokesman Michael Beatty told the ABC he was horrified by the vision.

“Personally, I find the attack very disturbing, I mean the attack just went on and on,” he said.

“What’s really disturbing is that it seems totally unprovoked — the dog didn’t act aggressively in any of the vision that we’ve seen and the dog had no idea what was going to happen when he went to the man.”

The maximum penalty for animal cruelty under the Animal Care and Protection Act is three years jail or a $220,000 fine.

A Queensland Police spokeswoman told news.com.au the matter was not being investigated by police.

“This is being dealt with by the RSPCA, they actually prosecute their own matters,” she said.