Photo of woman using whale shark as a "living surfboard" outrages netizens

A screenshot of the photo in question, as posted on ABS-CBNNews.com.

ABS-CBNNews.com reports that on March 31, a certain Liza Sesaldo posted a photo of "a butanding (whale shark) used by a (young woman) as a ’(living) surfboard’" on Facebook. The photo has incensed the Filipino online community.

Though the photo’s caption claimed that the photo was taken in the town of Oslob in Cebu, Oslob Mayor Ronal Guarin told Cebu Daily News: "(This photo) is definitely not from Oslob." Nevertheless, he has "ordered an investigation into the incident."

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