Baby Dolphin Dies After Tourists Pass It Around For Selfies

[KamaAina]

Not The Onion, unfortunately.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/baby-dolphin-dies-after-tourists-pull-it-from-124230809.html

A rare baby dolphin has died on the beach after selfish tourists pulled it from the ocean so they could take selfies with it.

Shocking footage from Santa Teresita beach in Buenos Aires, Argentina, shows the body of the marine mammal lying motionless on the floor as dozens of people surround it.

The Franciscana dolphin had been passed around between sun worshippers while they took out their phones and posed for pictures.

It was then dumped on the side to die from dehydration and overheating from exposure to the sun.

[valerief]

1. Gross. nt

[snooper2]

2. fucking assholes, at least article shows again there are assholes of all stripes around the world

It isn't exclusive to 'Merica as some would have you believe....

[Rex]

3. Fucking tourists.

Assholes indeed.

[Beacool]

9. Yeah, it's summer in the Southern Hemisphere.

It's beach weather and the resort towns bloat with tourists.

[malaise]

4. Memememememememme

fucking morons

[Tanuki]

5. How sad. Unfortunately, the growing "swimming with dolphins" industry has probably

played a role in this type of callous treatment of these intelligent and precious mammals. They have been reduced to unwilling playthings at resorts and marine parks all around the world.
http://us.whales.org/issues/swimming-with-dolphins

http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/captive_marine/facts/swim_dolphins.html

[KamaAina]

8. I have swum with dolphins

in the open Pacific as well as in marine parks. If I wanted a selfie with a dolphin, I would damn well get in the water with him/her!

[Tanuki]

11. Did you read the links? Maybe the whole premise of feeling entitled to get a selfie with

a dolphin is part of the problem.

[KamaAina]

15. I said IF I wanted a selfie

For the record, the marine parks take pictures and mulct some more $$ out of you by selling them to you.

[Beacool]

12. What's sadder is that the baby was from an endangered breed.

"There are approximately 30,000 La Plata dolphins left, and they’re only found off the coasts of Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. The Argentinian Wildlife Foundation issued a statement reminding the public that the dolphins are a vulnerable species."

http://nypost.com/2016/02/18/selfie-taking-tourists-killed-a-baby-dolphin/

[Tanuki]

13. Equally sad is how frightened and distressed it must have been to be in that big crowd of people,

away from its mother and pod, and out of water until it died of dehydration. Truly horrible all the way around. Apparently not one of those people thought to try to help it.

[Beacool]

17. People are so ignorant and selfish.

It was a breathing, living being. It wasn't a prop to be used in some silly pics.

[polly7]

6. Assholes! nt.

[Beacool]

7. Stupid people!!!

It doesn't surprise me, though. Idiots take pics and videos when human lives are at risk, why wouldn't they do it with a dolphin? Technology is a doubled-edged sword.

RIP, baby dolphin.



BTW, Santa Teresita is a town by the ocean. It's hours from the city of Buenos Aires. It's in the province of Buenos Aires. It's like saying that something happened in upstate NY, hours away from NYC.

[NuclearDem]

10. Fucking tourists.

Absolutely inexcusable.

[MineralMan]

14. Disgusting behavior.

I've encountered wild porpoises myself while swimming. I was approached by one which appeared to be curious or just interested in me for some reason. It was fascinating, but I never ventured to touch the creature. It hung around for a couple of minutes, looking at me from up close, and then swam off.

I can't imagine these people acting as they did.

[Zorra]

16. Hopefully, these ignorant, destructive creatures will somehow evolve before they manage

to completely destroy earth.

Sincerely,
The Dolphin People