A baby dolphin has died after being pulled from the sea to take selfies
A baby dolphin has died after tourists in Argentina pulled it from the sea to take pictures with it.
In an amateur video, the sea creature can be seen lying in the shallow waters of a beach, with people touching it and pulling at it.
The footage was taken on Sunday last, in San Bernardo del Tuyú in the Buenos Aires province.
Otra vez mataron a un delfín en San Bernardo. Sacaron al animal del mar para sacarse fotos. pic.twitter.com/4qzYnWvKiH
— C5N (@C5N) January 23, 2017
An onlooker told C5N: "It was small and it came close to the shore. They could have put it back in the sea—in fact, it was breathing—but they all started taking photos and touching it."
"They said it was already dead."
A similar incident happened last year on Santa Teresita beach, also in Argentina, where a dolphin was pulled from the sea and died of dehydration while being passed around by visitors.
