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Geneva, Switzerland: Mexico was sanctioned on Monday by an international wildlife body for not doing enough to protect the vaquita porpoise, the world’s most endangered marine mammal. The trade sanctions issued by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) prevent Mexico from exporting millions of dollars worth of regulated animal and plant products around the globe. The population of Pacific porpoises — nicknamed “vaquita” or little cow in Mexico — has been devastated by gillnets used to catch totoaba, a large fish whose swim bladder is prized in China for its alleged medicinal properties. The totoaba is also...
