Cruel Dog Owner Drags Pooch Down Street

Story By:  Ana MarjanovicSub-EditorJoseph Golder, Agency: Central European News

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This is the moment a cruel dog owner drags his dog down the road where he is confronted by shocked onlookers.

The video was recorded in the Bulgarian capital Sofia by a woman who spotted the dog owner dragging the reluctant pooch down the street.

In the video, the woman can be heard speaking to the man before he walks down the road dragging his black-and-white dog with him. The dog clearly does not want to walk with the man but he continues dragging the animal across the tarmac.

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The man then walks towards the camerawoman with a stick in his right hand before he walks down the pavement dragging the dog.

Another woman then confronts the man and tries to take the dog from him.

The women repeatedly tell the man to stop dragging the dog before they call the police.

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Local media report cops went to the scene 40 minutes later but no arrests were reported in the incident.

The man in the video has been named as Ivan Popov, no age provided, and reports claim he had hit the dog with the stick before the video was recorded.

Representatives of local animal organisations reportedly went to his property to pick the dog up off Popov but he refused to give the pooch away.

Reports state he then walked out into the street with an axe and was arrested for making threats against neighbours and passing children. It is unclear if he has been charged.

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