Despite Instagram's policies against explicit content, the ABC has uncovered dozens of accounts on the platform — each with hundreds of followers — sharing images and videos of dogs being sexually exploited as well as other types of animal cruelty.
Accounts depicting "horrific" content involving bestiality and animal cruelty are being left to thrive and amass followers on Instagram.
Despite Instagram's policies against animal cruelty and explicit content, animal activists say not enough action is being taken to ban the content.