Kennedys Who Freed Entanged Sea Turtle Actually Violated Federal Law

[Tx4obama]

Kennedys Who Freed Entanged Sea Turtle Actually Violated Federal Law

BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) — Federal officials say two members of the Kennedy family who thought they were doing a good deed by freeing an entangled sea turtle actually violated federal law.

John Bullard of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Division of Fisheries says he has spoken to brothers Max and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about their rescue of an estimated 500-pound turtle in Nantucket Sound over the July Fourth weekend.

The Kennedys freed the leatherback turtle from a buoy line wrapped around its head and fins.

Bullard tells the Cape Cod Times the rescue was a violation of the Endangered Species Act. He says only the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies is certified to handle turtles.

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Full article here: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/kennedys-who-freed-entanged-sea-turtle-actually-violated-federal-law.php?ref=fpb

[think]

1. Turtle lovers and whistleblowers are criminals.....

[Rex]

2. Well shit, I guess they should have

let him die while waiting to go through the proper channels.

[Major Hogwash]

3. Sounds to me like Bullard is the one that is certifiable.

Seriously deranged about regulations and such as that.
Gawd help us from morons like him if we save an animal.

[azurnoir]

4. Ha bet John Bullard is a Republican

[Blue Palasky]

5. oh, go fuck yourselves NOAA

[Orrex]

6. They had to destroy the turtle in order to save it

[tomm2thumbs]

7. 12 Angry Turtles will be on the jury

snapping and such

[Cirque du So-What]

8. I would go to jail and pay a fine

rather than allow any sentient creature to die from entanglement. I would then wear my conviction proudly.

[WovenGems]

9. Well

I would demand charges and a jury trial. Just to bring to light the sometimes conflict between law abiding and logical. And throw the jury into a tizzy asking "what would Jesus have done?".

[Baitball Blogger]

10. Sometimes civil disobedience makes sense.