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Rescuing the Elusive Vaquita


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This October, an international team of scientists set out to save the vaquita, the most endangered whale in the world. This October, an international team of scientists set out to save the vaquita, the most endangered whale in the world. Recent estimates suggest that as few as 30 individuals remain in the Gulf of California, the slim body of water that separates mainland Mexico from the Baja peninsula. These numbers are considered unsustainable given that every year many vaquitas are found drowned in gill nets, the main culprit in their dwindling numbers.
The ambitious, last-ditch effort, now dubbed VaquitaCPR, was designed hoped to round up the remaining vaquitas and move them into holding pens. For an intimate look at how the VaquitaCPR operation fared, we talked to one of its lead scientists, Barbara Taylor, a marine biologist with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and Frances Gulland, the veterinarian responsible for the care of captured vaquitas.
More resources on the vaquita from NATURE on PBS:
Featured Creature: The Vaquita
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/featured-creature-vaquita/
Previous podcast interview with Barbara Taylor
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/uncertain-future-vaquita/
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