PhoenixSerenity<p>Things haven’t looked good for the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/vaquita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vaquita</span></a> for decades, but the last few years have brought the species to the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BrinkOfExtinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BrinkOfExtinction</span></a> . <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Endemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Endemic</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/exclusive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>exclusive</span></a> to the upper <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GulfOfCalifornia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GulfOfCalifornia</span></a> - the pint-size <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/porpoise" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>porpoise</span></a> has become an unfortunate bycatch of fishing operations in the area, primarily the illegal catching of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/totoaba" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>totoaba</span></a> . <br />Listed as <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Vulnerable" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Vulnerable</span></a> on the International Union for Conservation of Nature<br /><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IUCN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IUCN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RedList" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RedList</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ThreatenedSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ThreatenedSpecies</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/corruption-impunity-in-mexico-wiping-out-worlds-smallest-porpoise" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">courthousenews.com/corruption-</span><span class="invisible">impunity-in-mexico-wiping-out-worlds-smallest-porpoise</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/EcoCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EcoCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wildlife</span></a></p>