SPRING VALLEY, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI)--Video released by the San Diego County Department of Animal Services shows alleged animal abuse and neglect, animal control officers say.

A concerned resident took the video after witnessing what animal control officers say was a woman in Spring Valley hitting a chihuahua repeatedly with a wooden plank, then covering the dog with a plastic bucket and kicking the bucket.

“It’s disturbing, it’s heartbreaking,” said Director Vaughn Maurice. “It’s just disgusting, no animal ever for any reason should be treated that way.”

Over the weekend, animal control officers made contact with the woman at a Spring Valley apartment complex on Elkelton Boulevard.

The woman has not yet been formally charged with any crime, but officers say she acknowledged the video an

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