Muscular Men Take Photos With Dolphin, Dolphin Dies. What Happened?
A group of tourists in China took photos with a dolphin at a beach in the southern Chinese province of Hainan. The dolphin eventually dies. What happened?
By suehanah — 19 Jun 2013, 01:13 PM — Updated about 11 years ago
Pictures: Dolphin used as photo prop
Some tourists in the country were caught on camera while posing for pictures with a beached dolphin on Sunday. The whole idea wouldn’t have been considered
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Dolphin used as a photo prop by tourists
Several men lifted the dolphin above the water as one of them flexed his muscles for the camera.This continued until local lifeguards surrounded the dolphin and guided it away to prevent further manhandling.
yahoo.comThe dolphin was first discovered at 6pm on Sunday evening stranded near Sanya’s Dadonghai beach resort. But instead of trying to help the distressed animal, a crowd of bathers gathered in the water to pose with it.
A dolphin has died in China after tourists hoisted it out of the water to pose with it for photographs. Images posted online showed a group of tourists manhandling the grey creature.
Dolphin believed to have hit a boat before being stranded ashore
A dolphin has died of excessive bleeding in China. It was reported that it might have collided with a fishing boat before it became stranded.
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Medical officers tried to help dolphin, but failed
The dolphin was then declared dead at midnight due to excessive bleeding from the caudal (tail) fin, and Hainan's Aquatic Wild Animal Rescue Center staff have since begun procedures to bury its corpse.
With no professional marine rescue centre in Sanya, staff from the Sanya City Bureau of Oceans and Fishing Department were forced to contact Hainan province rescue workers who eventually arrived at 9pm.
China netizens react to dolphin's death
Users of China's Twitter-like social media service Sina Weibo reacted with outrage at the photographs on Tuesday.
"When even the basic respect of life is lost, I just want to say, how can I be proud of you, China?" one user said in a typical comment.
Another netizen said, "China is now filled with people lacking moral values, ignorance, and decreasing civility of the citizens."
cnn.com"Dolphins, as highly evolved mammals, have an IQ only a little lower than humans. But those people in the pictures are worse than pigs."