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A baby female dolphin has died after tourists took it out of the water and posed for selfies with it on a packed beach in Mojacar in southern Spain.
After becoming separated from its mother and was stranded in shallow water, beachgoers took it out of the water and began patting it and passing it around as they posed for photos and a “selfie” with the animal.
A local wildlife group, Equinac, brought the shocking incident to light after posting the photos of the tourists and the dolphin on its Facebook page.(Right click to translate to English.)
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A non-profit group from Almeria Equinac said the tourists were “obsessed” with taking a selfie with the dolphin and wrote: “Humans are the most irrational animal there is. Many people are unable to feel empathy for a living being which is frightened, starving hungry, without its mother and terrified. In their selfishness, all they want is to photograph it and touch it, even if the animal is suffering from stress.”
According to Equinac, hundreds of beachgoers made their way toward the animal to have a look and get their photo taken. However, the lifeguard on duty “lost his nerve when he saw hundreds of people rushing towards the animal.”
Animal experts from Equinac were on the scene after 15 minutes, but the dolphin had died.
We hope those stupid photos were worth this poor baby dolphins life. Humans really are the cruelest animals of all.