A 37-second video posted on social media shows 42-year-old José Ricardo hanging his pet Jack Russell by the back legs before beating it with a broomstick, dropping it, and violently kicking it.
He was sentenced by a French judge to six months in prison.
The video was clandestinely filmed by a neighbour, several of whom claim to have been witnesses to ongoing abuse against the two-year-old animal named ‘Joker’.
The footage was handed over to an animal protection association in the area, who last week made a formal complaint against the Portuguese man, who has a criminal record for drug trafficking.
Justice was swift and within a week he had been arrested and sentenced.
Ricardo, a locksmith, has also been banned from keeping animals for five years following completion of the sentence.
Joker has been re-homed with a new family.