Last ditch: Mexico finally gets serious about saving the vaquita

Mongabay
By Jeremy HanceMar 4, 2015, 11:32 am65 pts
There are likely less than 100 vaquita on the planet. Found only in the northern pocket of the Sea of Cortez in Mexico, the vaquita is a tiny, shy porpoise that has been brought to the very edge of extinction due to drowning in gillnets used for shrimping. But after years of stalling, Mexico now appears to be…

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