Tourists suffocate dolphin selfie

san bernardo - For the second time in a year this week became a young dolphin suffered the selfie-drive tourists to the Argentine beaches. This time it was a group of tourists in San Bernardo, just south of Buenos Aires, which lifted a young animal out of the water for them to be photographed.

The animal eventually died on the beach, surrounded by people who touched it and it did in the picture. News CN5 posted images of the sickening incident on Twitter.

According to a witness, the group had just dying animal. 'It was still breathing, they were able to drag into deeper water easily again. '

To which type of dolphin it is is not known. Ecologists fear that this is a La Plata dolphin. This species is threatened. There are an estimated 30 000 copies, which occurs exclusively off the coast of Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

In February of last year the same thing happened on the beach of Santa Teresita. There would also tourists with a young animal paraded along the beach until it was dead and then left in the sand.

The animal eventually died on the beach, surrounded by people who touched it and it did in the picture. News CN5 posted images of the sickening incident on Twitter.

According to a witness, the group had just dying animal. 'It was still breathing, they were able to drag into deeper water easily again. '

To which type of dolphin it is is not known. Ecologists fear that this is a La Plata dolphin. This species is threatened. There are an estimated 30 000 copies, which occurs exclusively off the coast of Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

In February of last year the same thing happened on the beach of Santa Teresita. There would also tourists with a young animal paraded along the beach until it was dead and then left in the sand.

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