The incident occurred on Sunday, 20 September, in Pilchowice. The footage shows a small dog near an open gate, followed moments later by a Renault approaching.
The video shows the vehicle slowing down and then driving over the animal. According to accounts from people connected with the case, the car ran over the dog with two wheels, after which the driver drove away.
The footage was published on social media by „Pomagamy bo kochamy” Animal Protection Organisation. Because of its graphic nature, the organisation decided to share only a fragment of the recording.
Dog's owner: “He deliberately ran over it with both wheels”
The Lwówek24.pl editorial team contacted the dog's owner. She admitted that the animal should not have been outside the property. But she immediately pointed out:
The video shows that the driver deliberately ran over the dog with both wheels. He slowed down, drove over it and simply drove away.
The driver has been identified
The case was reported to the police on Sunday. – The man from Lwówek County who was driving the car contacted the dog's owner, and she passed his details on to us – junior officer Olga Łukaszewicz, spokesperson for the local KPP, told the Lwówek outlet.
Officers are still establishing the exact course of the incident and the circumstances in which the animal was run over.