Uploaded June 2010 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
BP IS BURNING LIVING, OIL-COATED ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES IN THE GULF!
A shrimp boat captain in Louisiana hired by BP was blocked from rescuing juvenile Kemp's ridleys that were covered in oil in the Gulf waters. He was captured on video saying that the turtles are being collected in the clean-up efforts and burned up like so much ocean debris with other marine life gathering along tide lines where oil also congregates.
He witnessed BP workers burning turtles caught in the oil booms. Rescue efforts are being ended tomorrow.
STRP's Gulf Director Carole Allen responded to the news by saying "The burning of boom and oil when even one sea turtle was seen in the water is a despicable crime."
STRP's Chris Pincetich has been in communication with both the reporter who shot the interview and the Captain who witnessed the illegal killing of sea turtles, and is making arrangements to ensure that sea turtle rescue efforts are not stopped, and can be performed in areas with boomed oil.
The Los Angeles Times reported on the "DEATH BY FIRE" on June 17...
"So-called burn boxes are torching oil from the water's surface at the sacrifice of turtles, crabs, sea slugs and other sea life."
Read more at: latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-spill-burnbox-20100617,0,4814068.story
Sea Turtle Restoration Project
(video:Catherine Craig)
seaturtles.org/article.php?id=1660
PLEASE HELP SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS!
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BP IS BURNING LIVING, OIL-COATED ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES IN THE GULF!
A shrimp boat captain in Louisiana hired by BP was blocked from rescuing juvenile Kemp's ridleys that were covered in oil in the Gulf waters. He was captured on video saying that the turtles are being collected in the clean-up efforts and burned up like so much ocean debris with other marine life gathering along tide lines where oil also congregates.
He witnessed BP workers burning turtles caught in the oil booms. Rescue efforts are being ended tomorrow.
STRP's Gulf Director Carole Allen responded to the news by saying "The burning of boom and oil when even one sea turtle was seen in the water is a despicable crime."
STRP's Chris Pincetich has been in communication with both the reporter who shot the interview and the Captain who witnessed the illegal killing of sea turtles, and is making arrangements to ensure that sea turtle rescue efforts are not stopped, and can be performed in areas with boomed oil.
The Los Angeles Times reported on the "DEATH BY FIRE" on June 17...
"So-called burn boxes are torching oil from the water's surface at the sacrifice of turtles, crabs, sea slugs and other sea life."
Read more at: latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-spill-burnbox-20100617,0,4814068.story
Sea Turtle Restoration Project
(video:Catherine Craig)
seaturtles.org/article.php?id=1660
PLEASE HELP SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS!
*FAIR USE STATEMENT*
This channel may contain copyrighted material, the use of which may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. I am making this material available in an effort to advance understanding of environmental, political, religion, human rights, economic, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. I believe this constitutes a fair use fo any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.
In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material contained in this channel is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
