Animal cruelty: sea turtle dragged from water and attacked after being used for photos - TomoNews
- 8 years ago
BEIRUT, LEBANON — A loggerhead sea turtle is the latest animal to be used and abused by careless people trying to take photographs with wild animals.
The pictures were posted on June 15 by rescue group Animals Lebanon. The turtle can be seen getting dragged from Havana Beach just south of Beirut.
The turtle was then subjected to being used as a prop for selfies, with a little child even being placed on top of his shell. Once the people were done with him, one witness told the rescue group people then began beating the turtle with a stick. The head trauma he suffered would support that claim, as veterinarians treating him report a depression in the skull that came from a recent strike. The turtle is said to be recovering at a marine animal facility until he’s clear to return to the ocean.
Last week, a blue shark in the Dominican Republic suffered the same ordeal, but died in the process, as did a swan in Macedonia back in March, as well as a dolphin in Argentina in mid-February.
The pictures were posted on June 15 by rescue group Animals Lebanon. The turtle can be seen getting dragged from Havana Beach just south of Beirut.
The turtle was then subjected to being used as a prop for selfies, with a little child even being placed on top of his shell. Once the people were done with him, one witness told the rescue group people then began beating the turtle with a stick. The head trauma he suffered would support that claim, as veterinarians treating him report a depression in the skull that came from a recent strike. The turtle is said to be recovering at a marine animal facility until he’s clear to return to the ocean.
Last week, a blue shark in the Dominican Republic suffered the same ordeal, but died in the process, as did a swan in Macedonia back in March, as well as a dolphin in Argentina in mid-February.