Horrific footage emerges of students dancing with dead porpoise in apartment

The incident reportedly took place at student accommodation in Ireland.

Shocking images have emerged of party-goers dancing and playing with a dead porpoise at a student apartment in Ireland.

Footage of the incident shows drunken students holding what they thought was a dead dolphin in the air before flinging it out a window during a wild party.

The incident happened at the Parchment Square Student Accommodation complex, close to Cork IT, according to reports.

Photos of the incident were posted to Facebook. The post reads: "I got these photos this morning from a friend. Apparently they're doing the rounds. They're disgusting. I think it's a seal or dolphin.

"The poor animal. I don't know how or why they did this. It's appalling. It seems to be students. I was a student myself once and I know what goes on. Most of it is harmless fun but this is disgraceful."

The animal was flung over the shoulders of party-goers before being thrown out the window.

One image shows the animal lying on its side in the garden after it was tossed out the window.

The incident has sparked a furious reaction online, with commenters branding them "idiots" and "cruel".

Horrible images captured on Snapchat show the animal flung outside and into the garden below.

A spokesman for the Cork Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals told Independent.ie: "The mind boggles with people's stupidity.

"Anybody with any level of cop-on would know it's not right.

"They'll think twice before they do something like this again."

The post on Facebook has attracted more than a thousand comments.