Video: Man jumps into water to harass sea lions at San Francisco’s Pier 39

SAN FRANCISCO – A video of a person harassing dozens of sea lions at Pier 39 in San Francisco has gone viral.

Posted to Instagram, the footage exhibits the person down a beer, do a backflip into the water, and chase dozens of sunbathing sea lions off their platforms.

“Let’s get it,” the particular person filming says laughing, as the ocean lions bark and soar off the platforms. “Bro, bro, get again.”

“Don’t mess with our sea lions like that,” wrote somebody in response to the video.

Most of the responses referred to as for the person’s arrest.

“Attention-grabbing how breaking the legislation is suppose to be humorous?” wrote one other. “The marine mammal safety act isn’t a joke…. We already are one of many principal causes these animals develop most cancers, simply go away them alone tf”

The Marine Mammal Middle instructed KTVU they grew to become conscious of the video Saturday afternoon.

“Though the main points surrounding this incident are very restricted, together with when it passed off, our workforce on the Middle instantly reported the video to NOAA Legislation Enforcement to analyze the matter because of the severe nature of this particular person’s actions and can await the findings of their investigation,” the MMC wrote concerning the incident.

They stated it’s unlawful underneath The Marine Mammal Safety Act to harass or hurt marine mammals and is punishable with fines and/or jail time.

KTVU additionally reached out to Pier 39 and the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration concerning the video however has not heard again.