**AITA for thinking this "poor innocent seal" propaganda is absolute bullsh*t?**
So apparently some dude named Igor Lytvynchuk (who sounds like a Bond villain name btw) is "heartbroken" after a Ukrainian zoo seized his pet seal, Hvilya. The backstory? This absolute genius decided it was a great idea to buy a 130lb marine mammal for his backyard pool in Kharkiv. Not a dog. Not a cat. A literal sea dog that needs, idk, AN OCEAN.
Now the zoo is like, "we're rehabilitating it, it's doing great" and Igor is crying crocodile tears saying the seal is "sad and losing weight." Meanwhile, video emerges of this dude letting the seal sleep in his BED. Yes, a wild animal with teeth the size of your thumb is getting night-night cuddles with a human who clearly watched *The Little Mermaid* one too many times.
TL;DR: Man buys seal because it looked cute, seal gets rescued, man plays victim. Reddit, AITA for thinking he's lucky he didn't wake up with his face missing and that the seal should be sent to a proper facility where it doesn't have to watch him snack on fish? 🦭🙃