It's not a bird or a plane or Superman

[mrk]

It's an ass!

Police in southern Russia are investigating allegations of animal cruelty after a donkey was made to parasail as part of an advertising stunt, Russian media report.

The donkey was sent up into the sky last week by entrepreneurs hoping to attract people to their private beach.

Witnesses near the beach on the Sea of Azov in the Krasnodar region said the animal had been screaming in fear.

It landed in the water and was pulled onto the shore, said police.

"The donkey screamed and children cried," regional police spokeswoman Larisa Tuchkova told AFP news agency.

"No-one had the brains to call police."

Instead, bystanders took photos and phoned newspapers, she said.

"It was put up so high into the sky that the children on the beach cried and asked their parents: 'Why did they tie a doggy to a parachute?'" Taman newspaper reported last week.

"The donkey landed in an atrocious manner: it was dragged several metres along the water, after which the animal was pulled out half-alive onto the shore," the paper reported.

Police began to investigate after the incident, which occurred at the coastal village of Golubitskaya, was aired on national news on Tuesday.

The businessmen responsible may face criminal charges for animal cruelty, according to news agency RIA-Novosti.

Only in Russia, poor Donkey

Oh yeah, thread is incomplete without a video so...

TL;DR crew:

 

[iv-tecman]

Disgraceful, but why am I not surprised?

 

[Snakedoctor]

Disgraceful, but why am I not surprised?

Because you have had your surprise gland removed.

 

[mrk]

Because you have had your surprise gland removed.

I found this to be quite a chuckleworthy post

 

[Django x2]

Epic, it proper shot off the beach too

 

[Marky]

Because you have had your surprise gland removed.

Another excellent diagnosis by the world renouned "Snakedoctor"

 

[iv-tecman]

Because you have had your surprise gland removed.

Maybe, but actually I was thinking I’m not surprised as its perceived normal nowadays for some idiot to perform random atrocities to gain media coverage and more importantly – marketing.

But, your comment did raise a smile from me.

 

[Von Smallhausen]

Perhaps Aeroflot could use that to advertise their business class ?

 

[Yas786]

Am i bad person to have found it utterly hilarious especially the part when it flew up....

Cant stop roffling

Ahem on a more serious note...thats ermmm pretty terrible for the poor donkey :/

Seriously cant stop laughing...epic video

 

[Cosimo]

Because you have had your surprise gland removed.

Get your free NHS diagnosis from our own resident Snakedoctor. Surprise gland transplants are now available from his private clinic.

 

[cheets64]

In Russia, Donkey takes turn your

 

[Cosimo]

It's an ad for that new Russian airline, EasyDonkey.

 

[krooton]

Poor thing must have crapped itself (more than usual)

 

[eggyoke]

I tried not to but that video made me laugh... omg... the speed! Haaha

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Mint.

Now where's next doors dog that keeps barking at 1am?

 

[daelo]

this is gif worthy.... who wants to do it? lool

 

[snowdog]

I tried not to but that video made me laugh... omg... the speed! Haaha

+1

I didn't expect the donkey to shoot off like that !

 

[Klo]

Hilarious, but poor donkey

 

[antijoke]

I wonder which ass had this idea?

 

[Robbo]

Funny, but horrible at the same time, poor Donkey