San Diego closes beach after absolutely awful people beat up seals

How low do you have to be to beat up a seal, especially a baby one? Considering how cute those seal pups are, pretty darn low. San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has shut down La Jolla Beach between sunset and sunrise for two months, after a 24-hour "seal cam" revealed a group of people kicking, punching and sitting on top of mother seals and their pups. The camera at the beach, which is also known as Children's Pool, was originally set up to give people some small measure of joy by letting them watch seals, and to give researchers ways to track them, but instead it revealed just how stupid and cruel people can be. [Source]

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