Vaquita – Last Chance for the Desert Porpoise

In the Upper Gulf of California, Mexico, every sighting of a live vaquita is a good day for the species.

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Can social media help save the Vaquita – an animal most people have probably never heard of and will never see in the wild?

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While in El Golfo, I visited the local high school to show video and photos to students of vaquita that I filmed only a few days earlier.

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Today I joined Catalina Lopez Sagástegui of Noroeste Sustentable (NOS). Their mission is to “construct and implement a long term vision for the region’s sustainable development through a political and social agreement”.

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I never dreamed I would be in a position to even see vaquita, let alone film the animal in the wild. The stage was set, perfect weather for seeing vaquita.

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This was absolutely, totally unexpected. Watching a young animal like this fighting to live, all alone, was gut wrenching.

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Lorenzo Rojas Bracho has been the ‘voice for vaquita’ for many years. He is redefining what a ‘scientist’ is in an era full of critical conservation issues for marine mammals.

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Bioacousticians are scientists who study the sounds animals produce, or how sound can affect the animals

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The wind tends to blow up as the day progresses causing a choppy sea surface, significantly reducing our chances of spotting vaquita.

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This was the beginning of my journey to search for and document the vaquita – the world’s smallest cetacean.

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