A video that is viral on social media right now shows a poor seal at an animal park in Belgium towing around children that are riding a boat with a rope that is tide around its neck.
The entire video has caused outrage on social media.
According to reports, the video was taken at the Mont Mosan Animal Park in Huy, which is located in the Liege province of Belgium.
The video of the incident was shared on Facebook by the C’est assez, an animal rights organization.
Aaron Copette, a resident of the area, took the video and sent it to the group.
In the video that Copette shared on social media, 2 seals could be seen swimming in a water attraction park, and one of them could be see towing a boat that had 3 kids in it.
Talking about the incident, Copette said:
I find it horrible what we are still doing to animals in 2020. All to entertain people and for money! I think the park should rehabilitate the animals in their natural environment. Even if the owner of the park says he does not abuse or lock up the animals, or force them to do shows, it is still a form of abuse.
The video was shared on social media on August 9, 2020.
Christine Grandjean, the founder of C’est assez, released a statement about the incident.
The statement reads:
You can’t treat animals like that! We don’t want the [park owner] to be threatened and have amended our Facebook post to ask people to be more moderate when contacting him. We don’t think he is intentionally harming the animals. Even though we have received reports that the park is insalubrious. We understand that the seals do it voluntarily, slipping into the rope lasso and pulling the boat around. But they wouldn’t do it if it weren’t for the fish they are given as a reward. These are animals that belong in the wild. They should not be used as entertainment by people.
Let’s all hope the cruel animal park stops doing this soon.