A dolphin stranded on a Texas beach dies after beachgoers attempted to ride it

[iemanja]

A dolphin stranded on a Texas beach died after being harassed by a crowd of people who also tried to ride the animal, according to rescuers.

The Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network posted on Facebook that a female dolphin was found stranded, but alive, on Quintana Beach in Texas last Sunday. Beachgoers pushed the animal back into the sea, but it was further harassed by people who attempted to ride the sick animal.

She got stranded on the beach "and was further harassed by a crowd of people on the beach where she later died before rescuers could arrive on scene," the organization stated. "This type of harassment causes undue stress to wild dolphins, is dangerous for the people who interact with them, and is illegal - punishable by fines and jail time if convicted.". . .

"Park staff was called to assist in keeping the public away from the dolphin until rescuers could arrive from Galveston," it posted on Facebook. "Unfortunately it was a retrieval, not a rescue."

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/16/1093170180/dolphin-dies-texas-harassment

This infuriates me. How can people be so cruel.

[Meowmee]

1. 😿 wtf is wrong with these people

[Diamond_Dog]

2. Exactly what I thought too

[USALiberal]

3. Lock someone up!

[iemanja]

4. It is illegal

According to the article. They should be arrested.