Results: Stop Taking Selfies with Wild Animals
Published on 03/13/2016
Seriously....just to have a selfie memory?
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1.
1.
There is a time and a place for taking selfies, but when circumstances are such that selfie-taking involves putting an animal at risk (DON'T DO IT). Do you agree with this statement?
Yes
77%
1095 votes
No
9%
130 votes
Undecided
6%
83 votes
Not Applicable
8%
109 votes
2.
2.
Are you familiar with these recent animal selfie stories (tragedies)?
On March 8, 2016 photos have emerged of a woman pulling a swan out of the water near Lake Ohrid in Macedonia, so she could take a selfie with it. The swan reportedly died after the incident.
17%
243 votes
Recently a group of beach-goers in Argentina pulled a small dolphin (a rare La Plata dolphin) up the beach to take photos. The dolphin died of dehydration after people crowded to touch and photograph it.
49%
693 votes
In the same week at Yunnan Animal Park in China, two peacocks died after tourists picked them up to get a few photos.
7%
101 votes
Earlier in the month a video had surfaced of a man pulling a shark out of the ocean and taking photos. In this incident the shark was returned to the water.
12%
165 votes
In Costa Rica last year tourists totally messed up the breeding patterns of sea turtles while trying to take photos.
7%
96 votes
N/A
41%
586 votes
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3.
Let's recall the words of Chief Seattle of Western Washington's Duwamish tribe: "Take only memories, leave only footsteps." You don't need a picture of your face to have a memory. Do you agree with Chief Seattle's statement, "Take only memories, leave only footsteps?"
Yes
64%
912 votes
No
9%
121 votes
Undecided
11%
160 votes
Not Applicable
16%
224 votes
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4.
Would you risk the life of a wild animal just to have that selfie moment?
Yes
4%
56 votes
No
80%
1132 votes
Undecided
3%
44 votes
Not Applicable
13%
185 votes
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