It’s horrific, but true: The oil company is conducting “controlled burns” in which it makes no attempt to rescue wildlife before setting hundreds of miles of ocean on fire.

The results are predictable: BP is slaughtering Kemp’s Ridley turtles, which are endangered. And it clearly knows exactly what it’s doing….

As the Guardian reports,

Once BP moves in, the turtles are doomed. “They drag a boom between two shrimp boats and whatever gets caught between the two boats, they circle it up and catch it on fire. Once the turtles are in there, they can’t get out,” [boat captain Mike] Ellis said.

I think the only thing that can stop BP and its murderous rampage is criminal prosecution….