Wild and Wonderful Saiga is No Longer Endangered with a Million Roaming Now in Central Asia

Wild and Wonderful Saiga is No Longer Endangered with a Million Roaming Now in Central Asia

Decades of hard work on the part of national and international conservation partners have reaped rich rewards for the saiga, one of the world’s most charismatic and, until recently, most endangered antelopes. The IUCN Red List status of this timeless talisman of the Central Asian steppes has been changed from Critically Endangered to Near Threatened. […]

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120,000 dead: half of the world’s saiga die in less than a month

120,000 dead: half of the world’s saiga die in less than a month

No one knows what’s killing them, but scientists estimate that almost half of the world’s saiga (Saiga tatarica) have perished since May 10th. To date, researchers on-the-ground unofficially estimate that 120,000 saiga have died in Kazakhstan from what appears to be a wildly virulent disease, although no cause has been ruled out. Saiga are bizarre-looking, […]

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