ICYMI, I wrote about wedgefish and guitarfish ("Rhino Rays"), the most endangered fish in the ocean. They're being considered for conservation at #CITEScop18 this weekend
https://therevelator.org/rhino-rays-cites/
As has been reported elsewhere before me, indeed it appears that the US position at CITES #CITESCop18 #COP18 #CITES4sharks is NOT to support the proposed listing of mako sharks on Appendix II. https://buff.ly/2Hg5p2x
There’s a pervasive, wrong idea that in global wildlife conservation issues, western democracies are always the good guys. Cough, Canada, cough. #CITEScop18 #cites4sharks
|COMMENTARY: Canada will throw endangered mako sharks overboard at global gathering...
