Words fail. Here's the BBC:
Peru says it will sue activists from the environmental pressure group Greenpeace after they placed a banner next to the Nazca Lines heritage site. ...
He said the Nazca Lines, which are an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 years old, were "absolutely fragile".
"You walk there and the footprint is going to last hundreds or thousands of years," he said.
The lines, depicting animals, stylised plants and imaginary figures were declared a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1994.
"They haven't touched the hummingbird figure but now we have an additional figure created by the footsteps of these people," Mr Castillo told local radio.
The best—and by best, I mean absolutely the worst—part of this story? Greenpeace's "apology." Here's Reuters:
The group said it was sorry if the protest at the historical site on Monday caused any "moral offense" to the people of Peru.
"Moral offense." As if they were only guilty of hurting the feelings of the Peruvian people. And didn't, you know, tromp all over a giant, incredibly fragile piece of art.
Amazing. Just amazing. But hey: At least now we know that the future is renewables, or some such. Greenpeace for the win!
