Vaquita Porpoise Faces Near-Extinction Despite Conservation Efforts
The Vaquita, the world's smallest cetacean, is rapidly declining, now estimated to be around 10 individuals or fewer. This critically endangered porpoise inhabits the northern waters of the Gulf of California, making its fate a major conservation crisis for Mexico.
<p>Mexico's rarest marine animal continues to slide inexorably towards extinction, unless last-ditch conservation attempts can prove successful.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/baja-california-peninsula/mnd-local-the-long-sad-decline-of-the-vaquita-porpoise-and-its-last-remaining-hope-to-avoid-extinction/">MND Local: The long, sad decline of the vaquita porpoise, and its last remaining hope to avoid extinction</a> appeared first on <a href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com">Mexic...