I am back to hating people again: Baby dolphin killed for selfies

Platapus · 02-19-16, 04:23 PM

http://fox59.com/2016/02/18/rare-dol...-in-argentina/

Feb. 18, 2016) — A rare La Plata dolphin died earlier this month after a group of beach-goers apparently took it out of the ocean, then surrounded and handled it, according to Vida Silvestre, a wildlife foundation in Argentina. Sky News obtained video of a person removing a dolphin from the water in Santa Teresita, a coastal town about 350 kilometers southeast of Buenos Aires; beachgoers then took “selfies” with a the marine mammal, which appears to have been left to die in the sand.
The Argentine wildlife organization released a statement urging people to return the dolphins to sea if they come across them.
“It is vital that people help to rescue these animals, because every Franciscan counts,” they wrote.
The sea mammal, which typically shies away from humans, is found mostly in the waters of the Rio de La Plata and the Atlantic coast between Argentina and Uruguay, and has also been seen off the shores of Brazil.
The La Plata dolphin was placed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species after hundreds of them were caught annually in fishermen gillnets in the 1960s, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
La Plata dolphins — also known as Franciscan dolphins because their brown-toned skin is reminiscent of the attire of Franciscan monks — can live up to 20 years, according to NOAA.

They took selfies and then threw it on the beach. It died of dehydration and heat. I hope the selfie was worth it.

Humans suck. We deserve everything that happens to us.

mapuc · 02-19-16, 04:40 PM

Not again, was so sad and had a pain in my stomach when I read that yesterday. Now the pain is back again

The worst of it all is

These people they can't see anything wrong in what they did.

They got what they wanted so they are happy

Markus

August · 02-19-16, 05:17 PM

Yet if you gave them the vicious beating they so richly deserve you'd be the one going to jail.

Onkel Neal · 02-19-16, 05:37 PM

Today at a Love's truck stop, with people everywhere, I walked by an old truck driver standing on the top step with his door open, cigarette in mouth, holding his plumbing and casually taking a piss, right there in the parking lot. In daylight.

STEED · 02-19-16, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Today at a Love's truck stop, with people everywhere, I walked by an old truck driver standing on the top step with his door open, cigarette in mouth, holding his plumbing and casually taking a piss, right there in the parking lot. In daylight.

You want smell the streets around here early Saturday morning the drunks let loose every where. Streets, walls, phone boxes you name it they tag it.

I once saw this guy doing a hose pipe on full blast on the London Underground in full view of a full platform and it was like hey nothing new here. Pity his aim missed the live rail that would have been interesting.

Commander Wallace · 02-19-16, 06:10 PM

I saw this article earlier. Apparently there were 2 dolphins and one managed to survive the handling. Dolphins are special in that there have been documented cases of dolphins protecting people in the water from sharks.

From previous posts and threads, I know there are many animal lovers here.

This is just a sad story.

02-19-16, 04:23 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I am back to hating people again: Baby dolphin killed for selfies http://fox59.com/2016/02/18/rare-dol...-in-argentina/ Feb. 18, 2016) — A rare La Plata dolphin died earlier this month after a group of beach-goers apparently took it out of the ocean, then surrounded and handled it, according to Vida Silvestre, a wildlife foundation in Argentina. Sky News obtained video of a person removing a dolphin from the water in Santa Teresita, a coastal town about 350 kilometers southeast of Buenos Aires; beachgoers then took “selfies” with a the marine mammal, which appears to have been left to die in the sand. The Argentine wildlife organization released a statement urging people to return the dolphins to sea if they come across them. “It is vital that people help to rescue these animals, because every Franciscan counts,” they wrote. The sea mammal, which typically shies away from humans, is found mostly in the waters of the Rio de La Plata and the Atlantic coast between Argentina and Uruguay, and has also been seen off the shores of Brazil. The La Plata dolphin was placed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species after hundreds of them were caught annually in fishermen gillnets in the 1960s, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. La Plata dolphins — also known as Franciscan dolphins because their brown-toned skin is reminiscent of the attire of Franciscan monks — can live up to 20 years, according to NOAA. They took selfies and then threw it on the beach. It died of dehydration and heat. I hope the selfie was worth it. Humans suck. We deserve everything that happens to us. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-19-16, 04:40 PM	#2
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,535 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Not again, was so sad and had a pain in my stomach when I read that yesterday. Now the pain is back again The worst of it all is These people they can't see anything wrong in what they did. They got what they wanted so they are happy Markus Last edited by mapuc; 02-19-16 at 05:20 PM.

02-19-16, 05:37 PM	#4
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Today at a Love's truck stop, with people everywhere, I walked by an old truck driver standing on the top step with his door open, cigarette in mouth, holding his plumbing and casually taking a piss, right there in the parking lot. In daylight. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yet if you gave them the vicious beating they so richly deserve you'd be the one going to jail.

02-19-16, 06:10 PM	#6
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,294 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	I saw this article earlier. Apparently there were 2 dolphins and one managed to survive the handling. Dolphins are special in that there have been documented cases of dolphins protecting people in the water from sharks. From previous posts and threads, I know there are many animal lovers here. This is just a sad story.