Picture of couple posing with beached dolphin 'that later died' causes outrage

Photos of two beachgoers manhandling a dolphin that is believed to have later died are circulating online.

The images, which include a man and woman lifting and even riding a dolphin on a beach, have been met with widespread condemnation.

While nobody has yet been able to confirm the identity of the two people they are believed to be from Lima, Peru. The images have been shared hundreds of thousands of times in a bid to definitively identify the pair.