Only 12 vaquita porpoises remain, watchdog group reports

Mongabay
Mar 8, 2018, 12:01 pm242 pts
The International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita reported in 2017 that there were just 30 vaquita left in the Upper Gulf of California, the species’ only known habitat. The primary cause of death for this small porpoise (Phocoena sinus) is becoming entangled in gillnets used to catch totoaba, a…

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