MARCH 19, 2019 / MODIFIED MAR 19, 2019 12:26 P.M.
The critically endangered marine mammal found in the Sea of Cortez is in danger of extinction due to illegal fishing nets.
The Sea Shepherd pulls an illegal fishing net from the water in the vaquita refuge area. On March 12, 2019, the crew found a net with what they believe was a dead vaquita marina porpoise entangled in it.Petey Crawford/Sea Shepherd
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Activists found what they believe to be the body of a critically endangered porpoise in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez last week. It’s the first vaquita marina that has been found dead so far this year.
VIEW LARGER The activist crew aboard the Sea Shepherd’s patrol ship in the Sea of Cortez hauls in an illegal net that ensnared what appeared to be a vaquita marina porpoise…View original post 592 more words
Exposing the Big Game 
Just so awful. And someone will print some happy horsesh*t again about how things may not be as bad as they seem re extinction, and justify business as usual. 😦