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Not great at PR are these lot. The least they could have done is shot it again properly to stop it dying a slow death.
Telegraph said:
BP guard shoots endangered polar bear in Alaska
BP is back in the bad books of environmentalists, after a security guard on one of its Alaskan oil fields shot a polar bear and staff then monitored the animal while it took 11 days to die.
Authorities in Alaska have launched an official investigation, as polar bears are listed as threatened with extinction under the US Endangered Species Act and cannot be hunted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service and the oil company revealed that the female bear was shot in early August and died of its wounds about 11 days later. It was monitored by BP guards until it died on a nearby island.
Bruce Woods, a US Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman, said: “We’re taking this investigation very seriously and hope to find out what happened.”
A BP spokesman said the bear had been killed by mistake, since the guard thought he was shooting beanbags rather than a “cracker round” at the animal, after it was spotted prowling towards employee housing at the Endicott field.
Companies are allowed to conduct “non-lethal harassment” of polar bears threatening humans, but not permitted to shoot to kill.
BP recorded 541 polar bear sightings between 2005 and 2010, but this is the first time an animal has been fatally shot.
The investigation is a setback for BP’s attempts to rebuild its reputation in the US, after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill harmed its environmental credentials.
Polar bears live on Alaska’s Arctic coastline, sometimes make their way on to oil fields on the North Slope region. The bears are monitored by the field operators when they venture near to human habitation.
Malcolm Graham-Wood, analyst at VSA Capital, said: “BP spent a lot of time last year firefighting following Macondo, you would have thought that they might have tried to keep their head down stateside.”
BP’s share price closed 0.2 higher at 386.3p on Thursday, having recovered since its depths just above 300p at the height of the oil spill, but around 25pc lower than this year’s peak of 509p.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/8725682/BP-guard-shoots-endangered-polar-bear-in-Alaska.htmlBP is back in the bad books of environmentalists, after a security guard on one of its Alaskan oil fields shot a polar bear and staff then monitored the animal while it took 11 days to die.
Authorities in Alaska have launched an official investigation, as polar bears are listed as threatened with extinction under the US Endangered Species Act and cannot be hunted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service and the oil company revealed that the female bear was shot in early August and died of its wounds about 11 days later. It was monitored by BP guards until it died on a nearby island.
Bruce Woods, a US Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman, said: “We’re taking this investigation very seriously and hope to find out what happened.”
A BP spokesman said the bear had been killed by mistake, since the guard thought he was shooting beanbags rather than a “cracker round” at the animal, after it was spotted prowling towards employee housing at the Endicott field.
Companies are allowed to conduct “non-lethal harassment” of polar bears threatening humans, but not permitted to shoot to kill.
BP recorded 541 polar bear sightings between 2005 and 2010, but this is the first time an animal has been fatally shot.
The investigation is a setback for BP’s attempts to rebuild its reputation in the US, after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill harmed its environmental credentials.
Polar bears live on Alaska’s Arctic coastline, sometimes make their way on to oil fields on the North Slope region. The bears are monitored by the field operators when they venture near to human habitation.
Malcolm Graham-Wood, analyst at VSA Capital, said: “BP spent a lot of time last year firefighting following Macondo, you would have thought that they might have tried to keep their head down stateside.”
BP’s share price closed 0.2 higher at 386.3p on Thursday, having recovered since its depths just above 300p at the height of the oil spill, but around 25pc lower than this year’s peak of 509p.
There is a very strong environmental lobby in Alaska - for good reasons.
I lived there for 10 years ( my dad was responsible for setting up the BP development on the North Slope)
there has always been a bit of an interesting relationship with BP (actually was a JV with ARCO ) Loved for discovering the oil in 1968 and developing the oil fields and all the $$$$$ that brought , but deeply mistrusted by the environmental lobby groups ( often to the point of irrationality )
if there were no laws which protected bears in alaska - I think most lounges in Anchorage would by now have polar bear rugs!! the State also has a pretty high % of huntin shootin fishin pickup drivin redneck(ish) types
I lived there for 10 years ( my dad was responsible for setting up the BP development on the North Slope)
there has always been a bit of an interesting relationship with BP (actually was a JV with ARCO ) Loved for discovering the oil in 1968 and developing the oil fields and all the $$$$$ that brought , but deeply mistrusted by the environmental lobby groups ( often to the point of irrationality )
if there were no laws which protected bears in alaska - I think most lounges in Anchorage would by now have polar bear rugs!! the State also has a pretty high % of huntin shootin fishin pickup drivin redneck(ish) types
....but believe me most Alaskans are not nearly as dumb as she is !!!!Victor McDade said:
If, as the article suggests, they're not allowed to shoot to kill, wouldn't that be the reason they didn't finish it off?Hackney said:
If, as the article suggests, they're not allowed to shoot to kill, wouldn't that be the reason they didn't finish it off?
There must be some sort of RSPCA equivalent or even police they could call in.Though no doubt some people will think BP should have had a team of vets flown in with a mobile operating theatre.
Deva Link said:
Hackney said:
If, as the article suggests, they're not allowed to shoot to kill, wouldn't that be the reason they didn't finish it off?
There must be some sort of RSPCA equivalent or even police they could call in.Though no doubt some people will think BP should have had a team of vets flown in with a mobile operating theatre.
Here in NSW Australia it's a $10,000 fine to kill any snake! Our friends had a Brown Snake in their house and couldn't legally kill it (although in that particular case the snake moved under a falling spade and it's head fell off - shame).
robm3 said:
Deva Link said:
Hackney said:
If, as the article suggests, they're not allowed to shoot to kill, wouldn't that be the reason they didn't finish it off?
There must be some sort of RSPCA equivalent or even police they could call in.Though no doubt some people will think BP should have had a team of vets flown in with a mobile operating theatre.
Here in NSW Australia it's a $10,000 fine to kill any snake! Our friends had a Brown Snake in their house and couldn't legally kill it (although in that particular case the snake moved under a falling spade and it's head fell off - shame).
ker, It nice to live in a country were not every animal can kill you.Sam the Mut said:
robm3 said:
Deva Link said:
Hackney said:
If, as the article suggests, they're not allowed to shoot to kill, wouldn't that be the reason they didn't finish it off?
There must be some sort of RSPCA equivalent or even police they could call in.Though no doubt some people will think BP should have had a team of vets flown in with a mobile operating theatre.
Here in NSW Australia it's a $10,000 fine to kill any snake! Our friends had a Brown Snake in their house and couldn't legally kill it (although in that particular case the snake moved under a falling spade and it's head fell off - shame).
ker, It nice to live in a country were not every animal can kill you.I've found and killed two Red Back spiders on our back pourch too, google them!
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