USMCA Council to Investigate Mexico's Failure to Protect the Vaquita
June 28, 2024
June 28, 2024
WILMINGTON, North Carolina, June 28 -- The Animal Welfare Institute issued the following news release on June 27, 2024:
After a two-year delay, the Council of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) voted unanimously yesterday to investigate Mexico's failure to protect the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. Mexico has not enforced its own fishing and wildlife trade laws, and that failure is causing the near-extinction of the vaquita.
In 1997, the vaq . . .
After a two-year delay, the Council of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) voted unanimously yesterday to investigate Mexico's failure to protect the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. Mexico has not enforced its own fishing and wildlife trade laws, and that failure is causing the near-extinction of the vaquita.
In 1997, the vaq . . .