Andrea Rosebrock 
SEE UPDATE – 6/11/08 – Motari Gets Tossed… Out of the Marines!
I saw this video and was physically ill!! After so many heartwarming stories of soldiers and the dogs they love and rescue and work desperately to get to the US, we have a piece of trash like this laughing and throwing a puppy off a cliff. He doesn’t deserve to serve as an American soldier, as a representation of this country!
You can watch the video below – WARNING – GRAPHIC IMAGES!!
Soldier Throwing Puppy – GRAPHIC
Trust me, there’s much more that I’d like to say but I’d break my own rules of posting if I did! 
I actually have information on the soldier, name address, ect. but am loathe to post what I have as there is no way for me to verify the accuracy of it. The name of the soldier mentioned on the tape who threw the innocent and defenseless puppy is ‘Motari’ which coincides with my info.
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UPDATE – The Video has since been pulled from YouTube but thousands have seen the disturbing images. The military is investigating and these is massive news coverage regarding the video and public outrage.
UPDATE – The following is an article that came out today regarding this highly disturbing video.
Puppy-tossing video implicates Monroe Marine
Herald Staff
The video is upsetting: A man who appears to be a U.S. Marine in Iraq holds a puppy up to the camera, throws the animal off a cliff and shrugs.
The 17-second video, which is spreading across the world through YouTube, has brought fury and death threats to a Marine some are identifying as a Monroe man.
No one can say yet whether the video is a hoax or a real act of a live puppy being killed. It’s unclear where the video was shot or who actually shot it and posted it on the Internet. The video started spreading across the Internet on Monday.
A Marine Corps spokeswoman in the Pentagon on Monday afternoon said the Marines have just become aware of the video and they’re investigating.
“I have seen all the information on the Web but we haven’t been able to verify anything,” Capt. Blanca Binstock said.
The video is poor quality and it’s difficult to tell whether the puppy is a toy or real, alive or dead. It dangles motionless as the Marine holds it by the scruff of the neck and shows it to the camera. The animal makes no sound.
He then turns and tosses it off a cliff. The animal tumbles through the air end over end. Yelping sounds are heard after the animal is thrown, but it’s unclear where the sounds were coming from.
Veterinarians at Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine reviewed the video at The Herald’s request.
They cannot determine whether the puppy was real. One did note that it appeared to leave the frame of the video for a second and the Marines could have switched it with a fake dog.
“There is no way to know for sure if the puppy is real or not unless you are the one who produced it,” said Charlie Powell, a veterinary college spokesman. “Whoever did produce the film needs to be looked at, even if it is fake, because the intent is the same and represents a horrific act of cruelty, real or not.”
A profile for the Marine on Bebo, a social networking site, says he was stationed in Iraq, but was expecting to be transferred to Hawaii.
A woman at the home listed for the Marine declined to talk.
“Could you just leave? We already know why you’re here,” the woman said. “Just go. There’s nothing to say.”
And here another article from Hawaii about the video, looks like there’s going to be some serious investigating going on!
Puppy abuse video investigated by Hawaii Marine base
By William Cole
Advertiser Military WriterMarine Corps Base Hawaii is investigating a shocking video of a smiling Marine throwing a puppy off the top of a steep hillside in Iraq into a gully below.
The video today gained widespread attention and condemnation on the Internet.
“The video is shocking and deplorable and is contrary to the high standards we expect of every Marine,” the Kane’ohe Bay base said in a release.
Base officials said the video came to their attention this morning. An investigation has been initiated. Maj. Chris Perrine, a Marine spokesman here, said “it’s looking like” the Marine is based out of Hawai’i.
“We do not tolerate this type of behavior and will take appropriate action,” the base said.
Two Marines are seen in combat gear smiling as one holds a white-and-black puppy by the scruff of its neck. The dog seems to be about 8 weeks old and is motionless as it is held.
“Cute little puppy, huh?” says one Marine as he smiles broadly.
“Oh so cute, so cute, little puppy,” says another in a child-like voice.
The Marine holding the puppy is then seen throwing the animal overhand into a desert-like gully below. The animal yelps until it thuds to the ground at the bottom of the gully.
“That’s mean,” one Marine says afterward.
The 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment of about 1,000 Hawai’i Marines recently replaced a sister unit in Iraq, the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment.
Marine Corps Base Hawai’i said the vast majority of Marines “conduct their duties in an honorable manner that brings great credit upon the Marine Corps and the United States.”
There have been numerous stories of Marines adopting pets and bringing them home from Iraq or helping to arrange life-saving medical care for Iraqi children. Those are the stories that exemplify what we stand for and how most Marines behave.”
Here’s some info from another article discussing the soldier who is alleged to be the puppy thrower in the video;
The video came to the attention of officials yesterday morning, the base said.
Two Marines are seen in combat gear smiling as one holds what appears to be a white-and-black puppy by the scruff of its neck. The dog seems to be about 8 weeks old and is motionless as it is held.
“Cute little puppy, huh?” says one Marine as he smiles broadly.
“Oh so cute, so cute, little puppy,” says another in a childlike voice.
The Marine holding what seems to be a puppy is then seen flinging the animal overhand into a desertlike gully below. Yelps accompany the end-over-end tumble until it thuds to the ground at the bottom of the gully.
“That’s mean,” one Marine says afterward. “That was mean, Motari.”
Maj. Chris Perrine, a Marine spokesman, said a Lance Cpl. David Motari is with the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment at Kane’ohe Bay.
Motari returned to Hawai’i in October from Haqlaniyah, Iraq, after a seven-month deployment, Perrine said. The 1,000 Marines with the 1st Battalion were stationed in the “Triad” area of Haditha, Haqlaniyah and Barwana northwest of Baghdad.
Motari could not be reached for comment.
“We’re still trying to figure out, is this a legitimate video?” Perrine said. “Was it edited? Is it (Motari) who’s in it? We don’t know. We’ll find that out hopefully sooner rather than later.”
Motari, on a www.bebo.com social networking page, identified himself as a 22-year-old from Seattle.
On the page he says he is scared of “nothing,” and is happiest “chillin’ out, sleeping, playing sports, hittin’ the gym, hangin’ with friends, with my family, at home, Fridays, eating, running, cruisin’, and definitely when I get out of the Marine Corps.”
Web postings say he is married. MySpace and other networking sites for Motari and family members were changed to restricted access yesterday or were removed.
The Everett, Wash., Herald said a woman at the home listed for the Marine in Washington state declined to talk.
“Could you just leave? We already know why you’re here,” the woman told the newspaper. “Just go. There’s nothing to say.”
SEE UPDATE – 6/11/08 – Motari Gets Tossed… Out of the Marines!
He got outed. His name, address, and phone number is all over the internet. Bloggers all over are going to do to him what they did to Lori Drew over the Megan Meier suicide. Here’s one such site: http://federalism.typepad.com/crime_federalism/2008/03/david-motari-ab.html
We could complain to the DOD Inspector General, however, I think there is about a dozen of them so finding the right one will be a challenge.
AIR, yup, had all this info but didn’t want to post it without some kind of confirmation. It would really be a damn shame if the wrong guy were to get ‘crucified’ for this. This is seriously bad, to put it mildly!
D.
What’d I tell ya. The guy’s career is toast.
AIR, that’s putting it mildly! His information is all over now. Copies of the video are everywhere even though You Tube pulled it, it’s easy enough to make a copy of a video as you can see since I have it posted.
I feel bad for his family because the backlash from this is just going to be unbelievable. There’s just no way to downplay his actions.
Some people are saying that it’s a fake or that the puppy is stuffed or already dead but none of that really matters, not that that’s the impression I get.
I just hope he gets what he deserves!
D.
What a piece of s*it. Looks real enough to me. Give this guy a dishonorable discharge and have him hurt to find work. Scum like this should have their lives ruined. I usually have a lot of respect for the Marines. They need to weed out these bad apples who tarnish what the public thinks of Marines. Maybe the military will have a more harsh sentence than a civilian court?
The goverment has lowered its standard to recuiting military. They now except any fools off the streets with no education and even felony convictions. This maybe another Jeffery Dalmer. He should be banned from the military with and Pay resitution for his abuse and sick acts on animals. Im sure his mother and father are real proud of him now..
THIS VIDEO IS JUST PLAIN SICK! I thought soldiers were someone to look up to? Fighting for Americas freedom? Then what the hell is this all about? I definitely agree with Thomas…I bet his parents are very proud of him now…You can’t hit your kids for misbehaving but maybe he should’ve had the shit beat out of him a long time ago…probably would’ve been alot better than what hes going to get once he returns home. I hope he is banned from the military and is given NO special recognition as a solider at all…hes a plain heartless bastard!!
I want to put this one also to the attention.
it’s a really shocking and disturbing video: http://youknowwhoiam97.livejournal.com/
LO VEO Y NO LO PUEDO CREER, ES MAS ME ARREPIENTO DE VERLO, PUES ES IDENTICO A MI MASCOTA QUE FALLECIO HACE 6 MESES Y QUE ERA COMO MI HIJO.
A ESTE HIJO DE P, IGUAL LO TIRARIA PERO MAS LEJOS.
ES INCREIBLE TANTA MALDAD,,,
If this video is legit, this sick excuse for a human needs to get everything he’s got coming to him. If it was a joke, NOT FUNNY!
I hope everyone in the video gets discharged from the corps for serious mental issues. One who does that to animals will do the same to humans. Lets see them laughing when dishonorably discharged from the Corps
Discharge? I wish this one time the punshment would fit the crime. Poor defenseless sweet animal. I SAY THROW THE BASTARD MARINE OFF A CLIFF! Honestly, tell me what would be wrong in THAT? We are tought to “do unto others”. I know it is only in my dreams that the marine
would be killed in the same way. But think about it….it would take only a handful of APPROPRIATE punishments to animal abuse, and then i bet it wouldn’t happen much anymore. We have capital punishment for similar murders of humans….why not for animals?
ok that video is just downright disgusting,we don’t need a moron like that representing our country,he should be kicked out of whatever branch of the military he’s in,he should have done to him what he did to that dog,i’d like to toss him off a cliff!!!!
what makes me so angry is this marine is being defended by a woman saying, there is no evidence to prove that the dog is real…you have got to be plain stupid to think its fake…
there are actual scriptures in the Bible designated for the protection of animals. trust me these abusers have judgement coming on swift wings with the fire of heaven backing it. i hope that what they have done will haunt them every night in their dreams until the day they die. because they have shown no mercy to these poor defenseless animals , they will be shown NO MERCY for the rest of their lives.
ya basta¡¡¡¡¡
Its just a damned dog! Talking about throwing the Marine(whos done 100 times more for this country than you) off a cliff is sick. Yeah it was wrong and cruel, but it is not any where near as bad as hurting a human. Some of you are realy twisted freaks.
este hijo de puta¡¡ yo lo mando a violar, torturar y matar, por mi bienestar espiritual ´prefiero no ver el video, pero lo poco ke leí me da la impresion de lo terrorifico ke es… castigo a este maldito¡
please stop with the animal suferd..
its not fair!!!
maldito le juro q si yo huviera estado ahi yo huviera tirado a ese infeliz pero antes de eso le huviera dado una buena paliza para que quedara todavia mas lastimado.
si algun dia lo llego a ver le voy a partir la cara y lo voy a mandar al infierno x maldito!!!!!
es una bajesa muy cruel la que hace esta pseudo persona que supuestamente razona ahora imaginense si fuera otro otro animal como ellos seria mas repugnante que la peor de las cosas
Que tan bajo puede caer alguien para q se divierta haciendo un acrueldad comno esa?? yo pienso que ese supesto soldado q esta protegiendo a su pais debe qmarse en lo más profundo del infierno, eso es ser mucho más bajo que la peor mierda,ese soldado no es un humano.
@cliff – Wow so throwing puppies of cliffs and slaughtering civilians is doing 100 times more for this country than others are? You are the sick b*****d here and people like you ruin American and the world…
That makes me sad because im getting a puppy in 2 weeks and i dont like thinking about that, but the dog looks so fake in the video but if a soldier did that to my puppy i wouldent care if he was a soldier i would take his gun and shoot him in the face.
ummm… yeah its kinda wierd that there’s a website dedicated to pet lovers but what that sick, disgusting and disgrace for a human marine did is just plain wrong. Think about it today it was an innocent dog tommorow it could be an innocent civilian that he guns down for kicks. so the people that said marines are “GOOD.. AND THAT THEY PROTECT US.” SCREW OFF
Someone should throw him off a cliff. Yet karma is a beautiful thing and this piece of s**t will get what he deserves.
@Sandy -
AMEN. This piece of s**t needs to be shot as well as he sleeps. Karma is a beautiful thing and he will get what he deserves. GOD does not forget!!!!
The puppy in this video is real and is alive. You can tell by looking at the puppy’s muscles. He’s slightly clenched like cats and puppies are when they are being held by the scruff of their necks. There was no break in the video, so it’s apparent he is throwing the puppy. The puppy yelps because its neck is hurt by the twisting of the marine’s hand as the marine moves his arm back to throw the puppy. It is apparent it is a real puppy by its weight when it hits the ground (it’s too dense to be a stuffed animal). This is sad and sickening. People who enjoy inflicting cruelty need to be punished. No real soldier likes to kill, but it is sometimes a necessity in war. Any soldier who enjoys killing has a major problem. My husband is a Marine and is disgusted and revolted by this vile human being. The “just a puppy” defense is ridiculous. Life is life and all living creatures suffer. Anyone who condones or enjoys inflicting suffering has a serious problem and should be punished and chastised and made to be ashamed of their sickening behavior. It’s time people stand up and hold other people accountable for their acts of cruelty. I applaude all the people on this blog who cared enough to make their feelings about this guy known.
You really need to think about your comment about “it’s just a puppy, it’s not a human.” No one should enjoy inflicting injury on any living being. Sometimes it is a necessity for soldiers to kill or injure, but they should never enjoy it. I was a soldier and I’m qualified to make that statement. What is wrong, is wrong. You can’t pick and choose which living creatures deserve to suffer and which ones do not. Suffering is suffering and when it is inflicted as it was in this case, it’s just plain wrong and should not be defended.
If this is indeed true, then this walking piece of rat shit (and his camera buddies) should be handed over to Al Qaeda to have their heads slowly sawn off – a fate that has been dished out to far less deserving souls. Fully conscious as the blade works it way through flesh, and their screams nothing more than bloody gurgles until the spinal cord is finally severed. Their filthy corpses left to scavenging animals and maggots.
And then he should have an enternal punishment fitting the spirit of that of Prometheus’: perhaps being tied to a tree and every morning puppies arrive to slowly gnaw off their balls which then grow back at the end of every day only to be gnawed off again.