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| Subject: Absurd: Croatia expels tourist for punching a seal Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:44 pm | |
| A man has been fined and expelled from Croatia after he punched a Mediterranean monk seal, one of the world's most endangered species, reports said on Thursday.
Dozens of tourists and locals had gathered on the beach at Gortan bay on the northern peninsula of Istria - a protected habitat for the monk seal - when a 56-year-old Macedonian man suddenly rushed forward and started hitting the seal with his fists.
The seal was not injured and managed to flee from the beach into the sea, state news agency Hina reported.
The man, whose name was not revealed, was sentenced to pay a 210-euro (A$302) fine and expelled from Croatia for five-year period for "breaching the Law on Nature Protection," Hina said.
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-planning/travel-news/croatia-expels-tourist-for-punching-monk-seal-20140801-3cxv0.html |
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