WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The Animal Welfare Institute issued the following news release:

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Mexico Eviscerates Vaquita Protections

World's Most Endangered Marine Mammal at Greater Risk of Extinction

October 15, 2026

Mexico City--Mexico weakened protections yesterday for the critically endangered vaquita porpoise, opening vast new areas in the Upper Gulf of California to the deadly gillnet fishing that has caused the vaquita&# . . .

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