Mariano Cabanillas-Torpoco

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Mariano Cabanillas-Torpoco is a researcher and lead author of a study published in Conservation Letters that investigates the illegal trade of sawfish rostrums, highlighting the alarming practices surrounding their use in cockfighting spurs and the consequences for critically endangered sawfish populations.

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Study lead author Mariano Cabanillas-Torpoco said the trade remains under the radar, with government agencies lacking a clear picture of how much poaching is happening.

Critically endangered sawfish are still killed for teeth carved into cockfighting spurs; one rostrum can produce products worth roughly $8,000

The Times of India·

India· 2026-07-31

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