Footage shows two teens running away with a neighborhood cat. It is alleged they then tortured and killed the furry feline before dumping it in a pond

Chilling surveillance footage shows the moment a mask-wearing teenager runs through the streets with a family cat hours before its body was found dead in a nearby pond.

Police have alleged two boys, aged 12 and 14, took the cat from a Sydney home at about 4.30pm on March 8, 2023.

The cat was allegedly taken into a nearby clearing and then tortured and killed.

Footage shows two teens running away with a neighborhood cat. It is alleged they then tortured and killed the furry feline before dumping it in a pond

Footage shows two teens running away with a neighborhood cat. It is alleged they then tortured and killed the furry feline before dumping it in a pond

Footage shows two teens running away with a neighborhood cat. It is alleged they then tortured and killed the furry feline before dumping it in a pond

Two teens have been charged with animal cruelty.

Following extensive inquiries, investigators from Riverstone Police Area Command arrested the teens at a Glenwood home about 5pm on Monday before taking them to Riverstone Police Station.

Both boys were charged with torturing, beating and causing death to an animal and disposing of a killed or stolen animal.

They were granted strict conditional bail and will appear at a children’s court on Tuesday April 4, 2023.

Both boys were charged with torturing, beating and causing death to an animal and disposing of a killed or stolen animal. They were granted strict conditional bail and will appear at a children's court on Tuesday April 4, 2023

Both boys were charged with torturing, beating and causing death to an animal and disposing of a killed or stolen animal. They were granted strict conditional bail and will appear at a children's court on Tuesday April 4, 2023

Both boys were charged with torturing, beating and causing death to an animal and disposing of a killed or stolen animal. They were granted strict conditional bail and will appear at a children’s court on Tuesday April 4, 2023