From the Sydney Morning Herald – 1, July 2010.
“Animal welfare groups are suing BP for burning endangered sea turtles and are asking a US court to stop the oil giant’s “controlled burns” on the Gulf of Mexico spill.
The lawsuit filed on Wednesday says BP is violating the Endangered Species Act and other laws with their “controlled burns” in the Gulf of Mexico.
The complainants, Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), Centre for Biological Diversity, Turtle Island Restoration Network and Animal Legal Defence Fund, have asked the federal court for a temporary restraining order to stop all burning activities “until … mechanisms are implemented that will prevent any additional sea turtles from being burned alive.”
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