BP Agrees to Stop Burning Turtles

When I first saw the "BP is Burning Turtles Alive" blog posts, I immediately dismissed them as Internet rumors in the same vein as the breathless "Feds to Begin Taxing Email" messages that get forwarded around every few weeks. Not that I have any great regard for the ethics of BP, but this just seemed beyond believable.

And then, tonight, this headline comes across the Reuters feed:
"Deal struck to save turtles from Gulf oil burns"

NEW ORLEANS, July 2 (Reuters) - Environmental groups, BP (BP.N) (BP.L) and the U.S. Coast Guard reached tentative agreement on Friday on measures to prevent sea turtles from being incinerated alive in controlled burns of spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico.

What the hell is wrong with these people, that it takes a court of law to stop them from incinerating endangered wildlife?

Read the entire horrifying story here.