Following viral photos of tourists touching star fish – not to mention former beauty queens mugging with kidnapped babies – marine activist Thon Thamrongnawasawat condemned the tour group and its operator online yesterday and encouraged officials to intervene.
“So now they catch baby sharks for tourists?” he wrote. “They let her suffocate on the land while humans rubbed and took selfies with her. I don’t even know what to say.”
The post was shared nearly 2,000 times.
The source of the photos was not included, but the cringe-worthy caption said, “Nothing is more exciting than getting to pet an alive shark during Koh Phi Phi trip. The boat operator caught it for us.”
Thon encouraged netizens to share the photos as an example of what people should not do when visiting an island.