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The strictest sanction the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora can apply has only been imposed on six other countries: Somalia, Djibouti, Liberia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Afghanistan and Libya
An international body that regulates the trade of protected plants and animals has imposed sanctions on Mexico. The country had failed to deliver a satisfactory plan to protect the world’s most endangered marine mammal — a small porpoise that lives only in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California.
CITES has announced sanctions against Mexico for its failure to take action to protect the critically endangered vaquita porpoise.
Wharton County’s winter, and preceding drought, strained the area hay supply with producers turning away buyers looking for quality feed, but officials say it is not yet at shortage levels.
Center for Biological Diversity: NEW YORK— Conservation groups sued the U.S. Department of the Interior today in federal court to force a long overdue decision to sanction Mexico for allowing illegal fishing and trade that endanger the vaquita porpoise.