Some 70,000 turtle eggs to be whisked far from oil

[babylonsister]

Some 70,000 turtle eggs to be whisked far from oil
By BRIAN SKOLOFF, Associated Press


An effort to save thousands of sea turtle hatchlings from dying in the oily Gulf of Mexico will begin in the coming weeks in a desperate attempt to keep an entire generation of threatened species from vanishing.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will coordinate the plan, which calls for collecting about 70,000 turtle eggs in up to 800 nests buried in the sand across Florida Panhandle and Alabama beaches.

It's never been done on such a massive scale. But doing nothing, experts say, could lead to unprecedented deaths. There are fears the turtles would be coated in oil and poisoned by crude-soaked food.
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"This is an extraordinary effort under extraordinary conditions, but if we can save some of the hatchlings, it will be worth it as opposed to losing all of them," said Chuck Underwood of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

"We have a much higher degree of certainty that if we do nothing and we allow these turtles to emerge and go into the Gulf and into the oil ... that we could in fact lose most of them, if not all of them," he added. "There's a chance of losing a whole generation."

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[Cetacea]

1. meanwhile, the blackout on dolphins continues...

[Raster]

2. Yes, because that would really bring this nasty disaster home.

Seeing pods of dolphins thrashing in oil-covered death throes and literally screaming as the horribly toxic crude oil covers their bodies. And that is something that the Petroleum Mafia just doesn't want you to see. Thank goodness BP and the Petroleum Mafia has the United States Coast Guard to run interference for them and keep all those nasty reporters at bay.

[Cetacea]

3. +1 n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. ...

FUCK BP and TONY "SOULLESS EVIL BASTARD" HAYWARD!

[Javaman]

4. I don't know if the word "whisked" is a good use of a term for this headline

concerning turtle eggs.
LOL

[whyverne]

5. Huevos rancheros, ummm. n/t

[Robb]

9. Glad I wasn't the only one to notice that. nt

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. Too true!

The entire "turtle eggs to be whisked far from oil" sounds like a line from a recipe.

[davidinalameda]

12. I was thinking the same thing

*snort*

[Jeffersons Ghost]

7. K&R. i've been worried about them. thanks for posting

[Uncle Joe]

8. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, babylonsister.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

11. I was thrilled when I read they were doing this

The one small concern I have is they're placing them on Florida's east coast. If they cannot get this disaster of a well under control I worry about the oil being pulled out into the Gulf Stream and ending up on the east coast as well. However, what else could they do? At least they're working so hard to give the little fellows a fighting chance.