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Scotland's largest animal welfare charity has launched an investigation after a man was filmed deliberately kicking a dog in a Falkirk park.

Footage shows the man purposefully stride towards the tan-coloured Staffordshire Terrier dog and kick it, sending it flying across the grass in Grangemouth's Inchrya Park. 

The Herald:

The SSPCA were sent the clip on July 25 after a member of the public reported seeing the dog being struck across the snout for no reason.

The charity has now launched an appeal to trace the two men in the video.

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Inspector Nicola Liddell said: “We’ve been looking in to this since it was first reported in July, but it is difficult to identify the men from the quality of the video. We are hoping the general public can help us identify either of the men and the dog so that we can progress our investigation.

“It is plain to see from the man’s movement towards the dog that he knew exactly what he was doing in the lead-up to kicking it. He took a full-blown volley at the poor thing. No animal deserves to be treated in such a way and we would like to speak with either of the men involved.”

If you have any information which could aid our investigation please call our confidential animal helpline on 03000 999 999.