BP fined $10,000 for polar bear deathSecurity officer inadvertently shot animal with live round in effort to scare it away from Endicott oil field; feds allege negligence Wesley Loy For Petroleum News
Federal officials have fined BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. $10,000 for the death of a polar bear.
The bear died in August 2011 after a security officer inadvertently shot it with an exploding “cracker shell,” rather than what he believed was a beanbag shell in his shotgun.
The shooting happened at BP....
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