The Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) is appealing for those who witnessed an alleged act of animal cruelty - a video of which was posted online - to come forward. 

PAWS posted photos of a horse being dragged by a truck until the animal collapsed.

"We are appealing to witnesses of this cruel act of a horse being dragged by a truck until the poor animal ultimately collapsed and died to report to law enforcement authorities so that the driver of the vehicle can be identified and a case filed for violation of The Animal Welfare Act," PAWS said in a Facebook post.

The images of the incident reportedly come from a video posted on Tiktok by vincent.piscos and on Facebook by Alexis Pradis.

PAWS said it is ready to assist in the filing of the case.

"Maltreatment or torture of one (1) animal that leads to its death, as in this case, is punishable with the maximum penalty for individual animal offenders (who are not public officers) of P100,000 and /or imprisonment of 1 year, 6 months and 1 day to 2 years imprisonment," the group said.