Thanks to everyone who has signed my petition on Change.org, but if you haven’t yet, you can at http://www.change.org/petitions/save-the-elusive-vaquita. If you have a Change.org account, you can just sign it, but don’t worry if you don’t: you can simply just fill in your name and some other information, and voilà. While you’re at it, it would be greatly appreciated if you also signed the ¡Viva Vaquita! and Save the Whales petitions.
Category Archives: Updates
CIRVA reports
Here are the links to the detailed reports of the four meetings of CIRVA from 1997, 1999, 2004, and 2012:
(Meetings 1, 2, and 3) http://www.vivavaquita.org/PDF/International(CIRVA)04.pdf
(Meeting 4) http://www.vivavaquita.org/PDF/CIRVA2012.pdf
Ecotourism
Read this article about the transformation from fishing to ecotourism in the Gulf. It is a very good idea that could save the Vaquita.
http://uanews.org/story/ua-fulbright-will-assess-mexico-conservation-effort
CEDO video
Watch this short video with English subtitles about a baby Vaquita that lost her mom.
Documentary
Please watch this short film about the Vaquita! No matter how much one can write, seeing the situation will always be more effective.
Their Last Talk
A very interesting painting by Memuco. Oil on cardboard.
“Their Last Talk”
Siblings’ drawings
Here are two awesome drawings by my brother (top) and sister (bottom)!
Plush Vaquitas
I love these plush Vaquitas that I received from the ¡Viva Vaquita! team! They are each hand-sewn, and no one is quite like another. I got a mother and calf set, with the baby fitting in a pouch in the mom’s belly! (See picture.) Unfortunately, there are no more available, at least at the moment, but it is still an example that this cute little porpoise still has a chance.
Nets
Recently I have started another Vaquita book, this time a fictional adult novel. It is called Nets, and is about both a pod of Vaquita and a local fisherman. I am also still working on my informational children’s book, Vaquita. My brother and I are both painting Vaquita pictures to either sell or use for publicity. I will start to post some more artwork that my siblings or I have made in the past. I will post some progress reports in the future.
