BPs Cleanup Operation Effects Endangered Sea Turtles
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010As BP try to contain the effects of the oil leak disaster it seems they are doing even more harm. BP have created “burn fields” of 500 square miles to contain the oil. This has however trapped many endangered turtles as well as other sea creatures, who are being burnt alive within these fields.
The turtles which only narrowly avoided extinction in the past could see BP in an even deeper legal battle.
Environmentalists are demanding that the oil company stop blocking the rescue of the turtles and are also pressing the Obama administration to put a halt to the burn fields.
BP have placed one turtle spotter on the burn vessels but this doesn’t go anywhere near as far as the environmentalists want to go in their attempt to save the turtles.
Killing, or harming a turtle currently carries a fine of £33,000, and so it looks like more legal action will be taken against BP.