Take a minute to voice your opinion on keeping up rescue efforts for the endangered sea turtles in the golf. BP is blocking rescue efforts claiming it’s too expensive to save the turtles during a controlled burn. Here are a few other links that may interest you:

Take Action to Ensure All Sea Turtles are Rescued from Gulf Oil Before it is Burned
Act Now - Protect Gulf Turtles from the Deadly Duo of Offshore Oil and Shrimp Trawls
End Offshore Oil Drilling - Sea Turtles and Oil Don’t Mix
Take Action to Ensure Endangered Status for U.S. Loggerhead Sea Turtles

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Stop Boom and Burn of Endangered Sea Turtles

In a rare interview by a BP-hired local boat owner involved in the cleanup operations, eye-witness evidence has been established that endangered sea turtles are being burned alive in BP’s cleanup efforts. To watch the YouTube video first-hand account of the boom and burn operation and read about BP blocking sea turtle rescue from the oil, click here to go to our website Campaign Updates. To read Los Angeles Times’ story on “Death by Fire in the Gulf”,click here.

Send the Letter Below to Rescue All Sea Turtles from Oil Before Boom and Burn

BP has already killed countless sea turtles in its careless and cruel operations managing the Gulf oil spill, and we must send a strong message to local, federal, and BP officials that the public will not stand for this.

Photo: a loggerhead sea turtle caught in the oil slick (AP, Nicole Bengiveno).

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David Cottingham

NMFS Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation Division
1315 East West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
US
Fax:(301) 713-4060

Billy Nungesser

President, Plaquemines Parish
LA
US

Steve Jones

BP Consultant

Call these local officials to voice your concern in person

John Young, Councilman, Jefferson Parish, 504-736-6615

Billy Nungesser, President, Plaquemines Parish, 504-274-2460