LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A Pulaski County man is facing an animal cruelty charge after allegedly abusing an opossum.

Kelly Prichard, the director of Adopt A Stray, was one of many advocates to speak out after seeing a video showing a man abusing an opossum with a blowtorch.

"Anyone that is capable of just torturing a live animal like that and having no remorse and no empathy of that animal, that's a dangerous human being," Prichard said.

Prichard used her platform to get people to call the prosecuting attorney's office about the video.

"The first thing I wanted to do was make sure it was brought to the attention of the public and the authorities and try to bring some form of justice," Prichard said.

Her post gained the attention of hundreds who all called the prospecting attorney's office

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