Baby dolphin dies after mob of tourists take it out of the water to take SELFIES on Argentinian beach

  • The poor animal died surrounded by ignorant holidaymakers on Sunday 
  • It happened on the beach of seaside city of San Bernardo, south of Buenos Aires
  • This is the 2nd time in a year that a dolphin has died due to tourists in Argentina

A baby dolphin has died after a mob of tourists kept it out of the water too long so they could take selfies with it.

The poor animal died on a beach in Argentina, surrounded by ignorant holidaymakers trying to touch and photograph it.

The harrowing event was captured on camera and posted on Twitter.

Tourists dragged the mammal out of the water on Sunday in the seaside city of San Bernardo, south of Buenos Aires
A witness, called Claudia, told CN5 that the crowd let the dolphin die

Tourists dragged the mammal out of the water on Sunday in the seaside city of San Bernardo, south of Buenos Aires

Tourists dragged the mammal out of the water on Sunday in the seaside city of San Bernardo, south of Buenos Aires.

A witness, called Claudia, told CN5 that the crowd let the dolphin die.

'He was young and came to the shore,' she told the Spanish news station.

'They could have returned him to the water — in fact, he was breathing. 

'But everyone started taking photos and touching him. 

'They said he was already dead.'

This is the second time in a year that a dolphin has died in Argentina because of tourists desperate for selfies.

In February 2016 a young dolphin died of suspected dehydration after being paraded around like a trophy and stroked by a crowd of sunbathers who then abandoned it on the sand.

The horrible incident happened at the Argentine beach resort of Santa Teresita in the north-eastern Buenos Aires Province. 

Trophy: The young dolphin died of suspected dehydration after being paraded around like a trophy

Trophy: The young dolphin died of suspected dehydration after being paraded around like a trophy

Dead: It's body was then left on the beach, as sunbathers continued to take pictures of the spectacle

Dead: It's body was then left on the beach, as sunbathers continued to take pictures of the spectacle

The horrible incident happened at the Argentine beach resort of Santa Teresita in the north-eastern Buenos Aires Province in February 2016

The horrible incident happened at the Argentine beach resort of Santa Teresita in the north-eastern Buenos Aires Province in February 2016

 

 

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