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BP is burning sea turtles alive....
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by LadyBloodRose on June 23, 2010
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http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/bp_endangered_turtles/?rc=fb_share1
News has just emerged from the Gulf Coast that BP is burning endangered sea turtles alive. 1
A boat captain who has been leading efforts to rescue the endangered turtles says BP has blocked his crews from entering the areas where the animals are trapped, effectively shutting down the rescue operation.
BP is using "controlled burns" to contain the oil spill. Shrimp boats create a corral of oil by dragging together fire-resistant booms and then lighting the enclosed "burn box" on fire. If turtles are not removed from the area before the fire is lit, they are literally burned alive.
The sea turtle most affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is the Kemp's Ridley2 which is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Parties responsible for killing the endangered turtles are liable for criminal penalties that include prison and civil fines of up to $25,000 per violation.
As a result, BP perversely has a financial incentive to allow the endangered turtles to burn rather than allow rescue crews to cull them from the burn boxes before the containment fires are lit.
"They ran us out of there and then they shut us down, they would not let us get back in there," said turtle rescuer Mike Ellis in an interview with conservation biologist Catherine Craig that was posted on YouTube.com.
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by LarryDFishel on June 23, 2010
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And if these rescuers go in and their boat prematurely sets a million gallons of oil or fire and they all die? How much will their families sue for?
(Just saying it might be a little more complicated than it sounds.)
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by LadyBloodRose on June 24, 2010
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who knows but there are ways around using Motot powered boats for the operation of rescuing. BUT if they were worried about the rescue boats setting it on fire, then wouldn't they be worried about the shrimp boats pulling the fire boons doin the same?? they are burning 500 square miles of oil usualy in 15 seperate boons daily. It may be complicated however there are always options.
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by agkistrodude on June 28, 2010
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I usually try to get facts from all sides before "jumping on a bandwagon". This may be one of those cases where all of the media/internet stories jumped too quick.
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/turtle-deaths-due-to-shrimping-not-oil?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sweetness-light%2FsURR+%28Sweetness+&+Light+-+Articles%29
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by earthguy on June 29, 2010
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I would say that both parties are equally culpable. While the researcher hasn't found toxicological evidence in the turtles I'm sure he hasn't sampled the entire dead population. Not that it's a good reason, but I also suspect that most of the shrimp boats that have removed their TEDs (Turtle Excluder Devices)have done so to maximize shrimp catch because their shrimping fields have been reduced to a fraction of the pre-spill size.
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