A woman in Oklahoma City has been caught on surveillance video throwing a puppy into a dumpster at an apartment building in the city.

"I saw a female lady that had taken a dog by the neck, walked it across the parking lot, carrying it and chucked it into the dumpster," said CR Head, the property manager at Red Rose Apartments, KFOR reported.

Head said the dog was in the dumpster for 10 to 15 minutes before the woman crawled into the garbage container and threw the dog to the ground.

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Police were called, but when they found no dog in the dumpster, they did not make a report, KFOR reported.

Head said he knows who the woman is, KFOR reported.

The superintendent of Oklahoma City Animal Welfare Jon Gary, called the case animal cruelty, saying it could be a felony-level case and the group is investigating, KFOR reported.

The dog may still be in the custody of the woman seen in the video, KFOR reported.