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This is the disturbing moment a swan was dragged out of the water so a woman could pose with it in a set of selfies.

The woman, a Bulgarian tourist, was visiting Lake Ohrid in southern Macedonia when the photos were taken,

Eyewitnesses claim that once the woman posed for a series of selfies with the animal, it later died on the beach.

It is claimed that the swan did not panic when the woman initially began to grab it, because the animals in the area are used to tourists.

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However, moments later passers by say the swan began fighting to be freed.

A Macedonia Online report claimed that the animal "remained motionless on the beach after the encounter" and then died.

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The images come just weeks after a young dolphin died of dehydration when it was picked up out of the sea by a crowd so they could take photographs with the animal.

(Image: CEN)

They crowded around it as it squirmed and wriggled but the oblivious selfie-takers carried on playing with it.

(Image: CEN)

The rare La Plata dolphin, which can live for 20 years, was eventually killed after it became dehydrated out of the water.