Chinese Demand for Exotic Fare Drives Extinction Half a World Away

‘World’s cutest fish’ dwindle to a handful

The US Fish and Wildlife Service may impose a trade embargo on Mexico over the fate of a tiny, critically endangered porpoise called the vaquita, of which only 10 are believed to be left in the Gulf of Mexico. The fish are being sacrificed to the tastes of an increasingly wealthy Chinese population, who covet the inflatable bladder of another fish calle…