PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1423 followers · 15362 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgA new & growing #threat is facing America’s #LargestBird - the #California #condor - a #famed #species that has been slowly #recovering from the #BrinkOfExtinction .
A #HighlyContagious strain of #AvianInfluenza has killed at least 18 of the massive #birds around the #GrandCanyon in #Arizona over the past month. And now California #biologists are scrambling to address what could be a #catastrophic #setback if condors in #BigSur & other parts of the state become infected.
#threat #largestbird #california #condor #famed #species #recovering #brinkofextinction #highlycontagious #avianinfluenza #birds #grandcanyon #arizona #biologists #catastrophic #setback #bigsur
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1386 followers · 14818 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgThings haven’t looked good for the #vaquita for decades, but the last few years have brought the species to the #BrinkOfExtinction . #Endemic & #exclusive to the upper #GulfOfCalifornia - the pint-size #porpoise has become an unfortunate bycatch of fishing operations in the area, primarily the illegal catching of #totoaba .
Listed as #Vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature
#IUCN #RedList of #ThreatenedSpecies
https://www.courthousenews.com/corruption-impunity-in-mexico-wiping-out-worlds-smallest-porpoise
#vaquita #brinkofextinction #endemic #exclusive #gulfofcalifornia #porpoise #totoaba #vulnerable #iucn #redlist #threatenedspecies #nature #ecocrisis #wildlife