Groups urge pressure on Mexico to save tiny vaquita porpoise
April 1, 2021
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FILE - In this July 8, 2017 file photo, papier-mache replicas of the critically endangered porpoise known as the vaquita marina are displayed on a blue plastic sheet in front of the National Palace during a World Wildlife Fund event calling on the Mexican government to take additional steps to protect the world s smallest marine mammal, in Mexico City. Environmental groups are asking the U.S. government and international organizations on Thursday, April 1, 2021, to pressure Mexico to do more to save the vaquita, the world s most endangered marine mammal.Rebecca Blackwell/AP