A little girl was told to leave a San Diego area beach after she was seen throwing sand and rocks at a resting sea lion in a shocking video.
The young child was caught trying to disturb the animal near La Jolla Cove last week in a TikTok clip which has now racked up more than two million views.
After observing her trying to rouse the sea lion several times in front of other beach-goers – including a woman thought to be her mom – the lifeguard clearly had enough of the girl’s behavior and kicked her off the site.
‘Little girl in the purple, you can leave now, thanks,’ the lifeguard can be heard saying over the loudspeakers.
The beach was crowded with others checking out the animal, all of whom were able to keep their distance and their composure.
Commenters on the video clip have applauded the lifeguard for calling the girl out.
The eight-second video was posted to the app on February 27 and immediately caught the attention of animal lovers everywhere.
‘The little girl had thrown rocks/sand like two more times before this announcement,’ said the video’s poster.
Before the lifeguard uses to speaker to quite literally put the girl on blast, she appears to chuckle and jump back after the animal moves its head, clearly disturbed by her.
Shockingly, the girl’s guardian is spotted at the end of the video standing idly by and not attempting to stop her.
‘WHY ARE THE PARENTS JUST STANDING THERE!?’ wrote one frustrated commenter.
‘Thank you for the person in the loud speaker,’ another said.
‘Lifeguard was like not today on my shift,’ wrote another.
Others hoped the video’s poster had taken additional video of the incident so they could watch the little girl have to leave after her actions.
‘Is there more footage so I can see them leaving with little girl in purple in tears?’ joked one person.
According to Robyn Davidoff, chair of the Sierra Club Seal Society, no one should be that close to an animal like that because wild animals can be unpredictable.
‘They don’t realize they should keep a distance from them. They are wild animals. They are a little bit used to us, but they still are wild, and this time of the year, when they’re talking about mating, thinking about mating, they get a little frisky; people have to get out of the way,’ said Davidoff told CBS 8 San Diego.
The chair also said if bothered, the animals can bite.
Lifeguards told the local outlet they will not hesitate to make announcements calling people out and reminding them to back up if they need to.
SOURCE: dailymail.co.uk
