MAN CHARGED AFTER VIDEO SHOWS CAR HITTING EMUS

The video is blurry, but what it depicts is clear: A man is speeding down a dirt road in a four-wheel-drive vehicle. The camera seems propped on the dashboard. As a herd of emus runs along the road in front of his car, he swerves, purposely mowing them down, one after another. In the background he can be heard shouting expletives before turning the camera on himself.

Emus — among the world’s biggest birds — weigh upward of 60 kg.

“This is great!” the man shouts as he runs over the massive birds. “I’ve got that one too, and that one.”

The footage circulated on social media this week, sparking outrage in Australia. On Friday, authorities announced that they had charged a suspect in the case with animal cruelty.