Baby Dolphin Dies After Tourists Pass It Around For Selfies (bird)
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Makes me sick. You'd think people would be just a little bit more caring and have a heart. I'm sorry I even saw this.
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Originally Posted by gouligann
Out of all that huge crowd, you'd think there would be ONE person who loves animals and realized the distress it was in. I would have snatched that thing out of their hands (if I could have gotten close enough) and ran to the water with it.
I've never ever touched a dolphin but I have enough sense to know that it needs to be in the freaking water.
Well, this act of stupidity depressed the h3ll out of me. How terribly sad... and as gouligann said, why
couldn't anyone in that crowd do something? #&!*
Out of all that huge crowd, you'd think there would be ONE person who loves animals and realized the distress it was in. I would have snatched that thing out of their hands (if I could have gotten close enough) and ran to the water with it.
I've never ever touched a dolphin but I have enough sense to know that it needs to be in the freaking water.
Looking at that picture, I see a number of faces that look concerned. I think some people know just enough to know that a dolphin breathes air, but not that it can't survive for long out of the water. It's sad, but what are ya gonna do? The bar for 'average' is kind of low.
Looking at that picture, I see a number of faces that look concerned. I think some people know just enough to know that a dolphin breathes air, but not that it can't survive for long out of the water. It's sad, but what are ya gonna do? The bar for 'average' is kind of low.
Personally I would love to see at least some of those people holding the dolphin, smiling and taking photos and acting like idiots prosecuted for killing and harassing an endangered species although it's Argentina so I doubt anything will happen like that although there has been a lot of international outrage over this.
It won't bring the baby dolphin back but it will let ignorant people know that kind of behavior is against the law and won't be tolerated.
''The selfie craze has entered a new low. An young, endangered dolphin died after beachgoers apparently pulled it from the sea to take photos with it.
People can be so stupid and thoughtless. And selfish. There's no excuse for this kind of thing happening.
Frankly, I tend to doubt that it was at all or even healthy. Being able to grab something slick and wet, is rather tricky and I'm betting the dolphin was sick or near death anyway...
Now I admit, I don't know if this beach has baby dolphins coming by on a regular basis, but still a small animal will not approach large creatures unless it's beyond caring....
As a finish, yes I see some dolphins swim beside boats, but notice, these are BIG adults and the babies will see this and "Learn" (Dolphins are very intelligent) but that takes time....
If I was on that beach, it wouldn't have been pretty. I can't stand human behavior of this sort. It's beyond disgusting.
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