There are links to a plethora of awesome Vaquita articles about halfway down the ¡Viva Vaquita! homepage, http://www.vivavaquita.org/, labeled Vaquita Updates & Publications. Instead of posting them individually, I thought I might as well just show you the source.
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.
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
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
Vaquita have 32-44 teeth on the upper jaw and 34-40 on the lower. This means a Vaquita can have 66-84 teeth in total, with the average at around 74 teeth.
Watch this short video with English subtitles about a baby Vaquita that lost her mom.
Please watch this short film about the Vaquita! No matter how much one can write, seeing the situation will always be more effective.
You might ask, “Why do I help the Vaquita?”
And my answer is, “Why wouldn’t I?”
I cannot force myself to think of a world without Vaquita.
They have helped shape much of my young life, from the early online research to now.
They have inspired me to do things I never thought were possible—or had the courage to do.
They have given me the confidence to stand up and make a difference in this dying world.
They have presented me with endless ideas for poems, books, and artwork.
They have saved me with the knowledge that I am saving them, and they still have a chance.
The Vaquita has given me so much, and now it is my turn to give back to them.
I know the day the Vaquita dies will make me want to do the same.
It is this fear of loss that has pushed me for years to make a change.
And you may ask, “Why save the Vaquita?”
And my answer will always be, “Why not?”
I am very inspired by this quote that can be found on the ¡Viva Vaquita! website. It is by the Senegalese ecologist Baba Dioum:
In the end we will conserve only what we love;
We will love only what we understand;
We will understand only what we have been taught.
It really reflects the whole purpose of my blog: to teach.
A very interesting painting by Memuco. Oil on cardboard.
“Their Last Talk”
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