Tourism has many benefits, such as providing jobs to the community, preserving cultural traditions that are at risk of extinction, fostering a sense of identity and pride among various groups, and providing financial support for the preservation of natural resources and ecosystems. What’s not good, though, are stupid and cruel tourists.
An Endangered Baby Dolphin
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In February 2016, a baby dolphin died after it was taken out of the water and then passed around a mob eager to touch and take selfies with it. The incident happened in the beach resort town of Santa Teresita, Argentina. The baby dolphin belonged to an endangered species known as La Plata or Franciscana. To date, only 30,000 of these dolphins are alive. After having their fun with the animal, the group eventually left it to die in the mud.
A Whale Shark
In 2015, a video surfaced on the Internet that showed two tourists abusing a whale shark. In the video, two men can be seen laughing while surfing on the back of a whale shark. They were holding a rope attached to a moving boat while they were enjoying this abusive activity. You can clearly hear the laughter and cheers of these friends as they used the poor whale shark’s back as a surfboard.
A Baby Bison
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A baby bison had to be put to death because of the stupidity of two tourists. The incident happened at Yellowstone National Park in May 2016. While visiting the park, a father and son spotted a baby bison that “looked like it was cold.” Thinking they were saving the animal’s life, they decided to load it into their Toyota Sequoia. They headed off to a ranger station located in the northeast corner of the park. Unfortunately, this seemingly innocent act of kindness turned out to be harmful for the bison. As a result of human interference, the mother rejected the animal. In the end, the bison had to be euthanized because it started to pose a threat to tourists by approaching them along the roadway.
Two Lions
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In January 2013, visitors at Hangzhou Zoo abused two lions by throwing snowballs at them. The incident was started by one tourist. With no zoo staff around, other tourists were encouraged to join in. This isn’t the first time that animals from Hangzhou Zoo suffered tourist cruelty. In the past, visitors would throw “anything they could get their hands on at the animals,” such as rocks, water bottles, and even Coke cans.
Another whale shark
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The abuse happened in Boljoon, a small town located in Cebu, Philippines in 2012.
The poor animal got trapped in the fishing nets of Pablo Trapero, a local fisherman. Trapero decided to drag the nets 100 meters (330 ft) from the shore so that he could set the animal free. After two hours, the fisherman and his neighbors succeeded in untangling the whale shark from the nets. However, by this time, people had already gathered around the poor animal.
It was then that Lestolis got the idea to stand on the back of the whale shark, take a photo, and then upload it to Facebook. After the picture was posted online, she was heavily criticized by Filipino netizens.
As a result of this incident, the local government of Boljoon has established certain measures to prevent this kind of abuse from happening again. Offenders will be fined and jailed.
A swan
In early 2016, a swan from Macedonia suffered after it was pulled out of the water to be used as a selfie prop. The incident involved a Bulgarian tourist visiting Macedonia’s Lake Ohrid. A local named Nake Batev was at the lake when this unfortunate event happened. According to him, the woman was “roughly handling the bird” and “grabbing for her friends to take the picture.” According to the Macedonian International News Agency, the animal died as a result of the Bulgarian tourist’s rough handling.
Another Dolphin
In 2013, Chinese citizens were angered when photos of a dying dolphin being mistreated by a group of tourists surfaced on the Internet. The incident happened in Sanya, a city in southern China. The poor dolphin had injuries on its tail, suggesting that it likely collided with a fishing boat.
The dolphin was still alive when a group of tourists saw it on a beach. Instead of helping the dolphin, they abused and took pictures with it.
Rescuers eventually arrived at the scene, but the animal was already dead.
Two Peacocks
In February 2016, two peacocks died after getting manhandled by a group of Chinese tourists. This unfortunate event happened in the Yunnan Wild Animal Park in the city of Kunming in southwestern China. Zoo officials believe that the peacocks died from shock. A group of tourists wanted to take pictures with the animals. In the process of taking photos, they started to abuse them, roughly handling them and plucking out their feathers.
Sambo the Elephant
Elephants are common in Cambodia. In fact, a few of them work in the tourism industry. For more than a decade, a female elephant named Sambo carried tourists around Angkor Wat in Siem Reap. Sadly, in 2016, her service ended. She died while carrying tourists around the magnificent city of Angkor. Experts believe that Sambo, who was 40 to 45 years old, died of heat and exhaustion.
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