Florida man sold videos on internet of dogs killed for sexual fetish, feds say

A Miami man is accused of selling sadistic internet videos in which someone stomps dogs and other animals to death to satisfy viewers’ sexual fetishes.

Francisco Javier Ravelo, 47, a former contractor for the U.S. Air Force in Florida, is charged with distributing videos over the internet that show animals — from dogs to primates — being severely injured or killed for sexual gratification on at least 42 occasions between September 2024 and February 2025, according to federal prosecutors.

Ravelo was charged last October under a federal law that was initially passed in 2010 to focus on people producing and distributing “obscene” social media videos showing animals being seriously harmed for the sexual pleasure of viewers, an internet trend known as “animal crushing.” In Ravelo’s case, the animals were “purposely crushed, burned, drowned, suffocated, impaled, or otherwise subjected to serious bodily injury,” according to a charging document.

His case is the second time in South Florida that someone has been charged under this federal law. ...............(more)

https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2026/02/21/animal-crushing-law-video-dogs-killed-florida/