#brinkofextinction — Public Fediverse posts

A 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.

https://www.montereyherald.com/2023/04/14/california-condors-killed-by-avian-flu-for-first-time-increasing-risk-to-famed-species

Things 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

#Nature #EcoCrisis #Wildlife