Dolphin dies after China tourist abuse - Times of India

BEIJING: A dolphin died after photo crazy Chinese tourists hoisted it out of water to pose before cameras. The grey creature was already bleeding due to an accident when the tourists began mishandling it in southern China's Hainan province. The grey creature suffered from "excessive bleeding" possibly because it had collided with a fishing boat before getting stranded in a ditch, the Shanghai Daily quoted an animal expert as saying. Photographs posted on the Internet show tourists badly pushing and shoving to prepare it for taking pictures. The incident caused an uproar in the Chinese social media with many expressing shock over the behav iour of the tourists. One of them tweeted: "Dolphins, as highly evolved mammals, have an IQ only a little lower than humans. But those people in the pictures are worse than pigs." Another incident of cruelty to animals came to light as the Chinese customs seized 213 bear paws hidden inside the tyres of a vehicle crossing the border from Russia. They detained two Russians for involvement. Bear parts are highly valued in China for their perceived medicinal value though it is illegal to deal in them. Bear paws are worth 10 times more in China than in Russia. "The demand is huge because more people can afford them and the country has the tradition to treat bear paw as a rare ingredient for cuisine or as an expensive present," Zhang Xiaohai, an official with Animals Asia Foundation, told Global Times newspaper. via Science - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFyxrwDSY7eW4IuUwKKt2i6Ahh2tQ&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/Dolphin-dies-after-China-tourist-abuse/articleshow/20657119.cms

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