Donkey dies after being sat on in Spanish Nativity scene

MADRID INDIA NEWS;

An overweight man was on Wednesday
charged with animal abuse in sourthern
Spain after a young donkey died three days
after he sat on it at an outdoor Nativity scene.

The five old month donkey named Platero
was on display along with other animals
in the centre of the town of Lucena in Spain's
Andalucia region ,as part of their annual
Christmas celebrations.

But on December 10 a man weighing
nearly 150kg climbed into the donkey
pen and sat on the animal's back to
have his  picture taken.

A photo widely circlating on social media
show the portly man ,who wore a blue
shirt and green pants grimming as he poses
on the donkey with one  hand on his hip and
the other hanging on to the wooden fence
that was meant keep him out,

Two days later the donkey was taken to a
vet after local residents contacted Lucena
town hall to say that the animal was not
able to stand the animal right groups  said.

police in Lucena detained the a38-year-old man.
over the incident and charged him
with animal abuse,a local police said.

AP.