Two young Pennsylvania snowmobilers have admitted to brutally chasing and running across a frozen lake several times.
A 17-year-old and a 20-year-old, whose names have not been released, came forward and admitted to harassing the animal near the intersection of SR 501 and Locust Street in Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County on January 20.
One of the suspects was driving a black snowmobile with yellow skis, black pants, a black and gray jacket and a silver metal helmet.
The other suspect rode a black and white snowmobile, wore fluorescent orange pants, a black jacket and a black helmet.
Footage shows both speeding after the helpless animal and hitting it with their vehicle as it continued to try to run away from the duo.
According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the depraved act continued for about 30 minutes.
“The State Game Warden’s investigation suggested that the Fox was chased through the field for more than 30 minutes by two individuals operating snowmobiles.
“The suspects ran over the fox multiple times with their snowmobiles during the horrific incident,” officials said in an initial statement.
A 17-year-old and a 20-year-old, whose names have not been released, came forward and admitted to harassing the animal near the intersection of SR 501 and Locust Street in Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County on January 20
After both young adults turned themselves in, the Pennsylvania Game Commission released another statement thanking people for generating awareness around the situation.
“Thanks to the awareness through shares, comments, comments and the general public outcry, the suspects involved in the incident felt enough pressure turned themselves into authorities.
“There will be charges filed and refunds added to those charges. Thank you for being a conservation hero and helping protect Pennsylvania’s animals by reporting incidents like this,” The Facebook Post read.
It remains unclear when and what the duo will be charged with.
Animal welfare officials have yet to reveal whether the fox survived the attack or whether it suffered any injuries.
This comes nearly a year after animal welfare groups decided to take matters into their own hands by offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the Wyoming hunter who paraded a wolf around a bar.

Footage shows both of them speeding after the helpless animal and hitting it with their vehicle as it continued to try to run away from the duo

According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the depraved act continued for about 30 minutes
The center for a humane economy has offered a $15,000 reward and the Wolves of the Rockies have set up $5,000 in an effort to get Cody Roberts, 42, on a federal bond in April 2024.
Roberts paraded the young wolf, who has been named “Theia,” around the Green River Bar in rural Wyoming after knocking the animal down with a snowmobile, closing his mouth and bringing it down on the bar before killing it .
The hunter was fined $250 for his actions, but he was not convicted because under Wyoming law it is legal to kill wolves in what is called the “predator zone,” where an endless supply of wolves can be hunted and killed.
Governor Mark Gordon and agency Director Brian Nesvik also publicly condemned the torture of the animal.
‘Cruelty to all wildlife is absolutely unacceptable. This is not the way anyone should treat an animal,” Gordon said, while Nesvik called the capture and torture of the wild animal “disgusting.”
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