Hernan Coria says endangered dolphin was
one of many which had washed up dead on Santa Teresita beach before crowd
started taking selfies with it
Australian Associated Press
Friday 19 February
2016 07.13 GMT
One of the tourists who handed around a
dolphin on an Argentinian beach claims it had died before people started taking
selfies with it.
Footage appeared to show the small
dolphin being scooped up and taken to land where it was surrounded by a gawking
crowd. Reports said it quickly overheated and died when it was paraded along
the beach so holidaymakers could take photos.
During the video shot at Santa Teresita
beach, south of Buenos Aires, people can be heard saying “Take it to the water”
and “Poor thing, don’t touch it.”
But a tourist, Hernan Coria, said the
dolphin was one of many which had washed up dead on the beach.
“The water was very hot,” he told local
news outlet Telefe Noticias. “It was full of jellyfish and people were not going
in the water.
“Everything happened in five minutes. It
was washed up already dead. They took it back to the water but it wouldn’t go
back out.”
Coria said there was no lifeguard on duty
to help and dead dolphins were also washing up on nearby beaches.
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