Multiple news outlets are reporting that a Franciscana dolphin — a rare dolphin that can swim in both fresh and salt water — died hours after tourists at a beach resort in Santa Teresita, Argentina took the mammal out of the ocean to take selfies with it:
Dolphin Dies Being Passed Around For Selfies https://t.co/dekvtFPGF3
— Sky News (@SkyNews) February 18, 2016
These beachgoers in Argentina killed a dolphin because they took it out of the water to pose with it for selfies:https://t.co/Cb3eFytyDR
— Mic (@mic) February 18, 2016
Endangered dolphin dies after tourists 'take selfies' with it on the beach in Argentina https://t.co/ChO30i9KF1 pic.twitter.com/7NTXoxTQyb
— ITV News (@itvnews) February 18, 2016
According to Sky News, the dolphin died while being passed around by the mob, which then left it on the sand:
https://twitter.com/NigelBritto/status/700198293066924032
Awful.
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