Shocking footage

Woman strangled and hit dog in Vienna S-Bahn train

Passengers filmed the lady putting the dog in a bag.(Bild: Tierschutzverein Hunde-Such-Hilfe-Österreich)

A more than questionable incident is said to have taken place on a Vienna suburban train on Saturday afternoon. The video of an angry passenger appeared on the "Hunde-Such-Hilfe-Österreich" page on Facebook. The footage apparently shows an elderly woman allegedly maltreating her dogs.

Among other things, the footage shows the woman allegedly wrapping the lead around her dog's neck and pulling him up by it. She is also said to have squeezed the four-legged friend's face and hit him. Meanwhile, another of the woman's dogs was left motionless in a shopping trolley.

There are also said to have been heated verbal exchanges between the passengers and the elderly woman on the S1 at Handelskai.

Facebook users recognized the alleged animal abuser
While the animal welfare organizations were puzzling over who the woman was, Facebook users came forward claiming to have recognized her. The post was then immediately deleted - the alleged animal abuser is now likely to be charged and the footage forwarded to the police.

However, the Vienna police have apparently not yet received any reports of the incident on the S-Bahn ...