June 29th, 2010
BP burning live turtles speaks volumes about people treatment
Why are we not shocked by this? The Obama administration confirms knowledge of the burning that sweeps up live turtles deserving rescue. According to Suzanne Goldenberg, writing for the UK Guardian, (where is the U.S. media covering this atrocity?):
On days when the weather is fine and there is relatively no wind, BP conducts up to a dozen “controlled burns”, torching vast expanses of the ocean surface within a corral of fireproof booms.
Biologists say such burns are deadly for young turtles because oil and sargassum – the seaweed mats that provide nutrients to jellyfish and a range of other creatures – – congregate in the same locations. The sargassum is also a perfect hunting ground for young sea turtles, who are not developed enough to dive to the ocean floor to forage for food.
Once BP moves in, the turtles are doomed. “They drag a boom between two shrimp boats and whatever gets caught between the two boats, they circle it up and catch it on fire. Once the turtles are in there, they can’t get out,” Ellis said. ….
Harming or killing a sea turtle carries fines of up to $50,000 (£33,000).”It is criminal and cruel and they need to be held accountable,” said Carole Allen, Gulf office director of the Sea Turtle Restoration Project.
This animal abusing corporation is the same one that hires beach cleaners from the ranks of distressed coastal residents and fishermen and forbids them to don respirators when handling toxic raw crude! Let’s quit making nice with BP and treating them respectfully when they obviously care not one whit about environmental endangerment and helpless creatures or the safety of human beings.
Read the original article.
Watch video interview of a witnessing boat captain. Interviewer: Catherine Craig.
Tags: BP, burning fields, Kemp's Ridley, sea turtles
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