IDNR and News Reports

A Munster man has been taken into custody on an active warrant after an Indiana Conservation Officer investigation revealed video of him torturing an animal.

Nikola Kutansky, 35, of Munster was arrested Monday afternoon with the assistance of the Gary Police Department on a felony warrant for Knowingly Torturing or Mutilating a Vertebrate Animal, a level-six felony.

Kutansky allegedly stole the animals in the video from Buckley Homestead Park in Lowell.

He is accused of shooting a lamb with a BB gun and slitting its throat while still alive, then repeatedly saying “red rum” in a video he posted on facebook. He’s also accused of shooting chickens in front of his child, chickens also taken from the park.

Conservation Officers filed charges after discovering the crime while investigating thefts that occurred at Willow Slough Fish & Wildlife Area. He was charged in September of stealing a taxidermy deer mount, ammunition and DNR signs during a break-in at Willow Slough.

The Gary Police Department assisted by locating Kutansky on a traffic stop and arrested him without incident.