Saiga Antelope

Sources & Links:

Get the basics about saiga ecology and conservation:
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19832/50194357#geographic-range

Some hope for Kazakhstan’s saiga population:
https://www.fauna-flora.org/news/steppe-change-kazakhstan-saiga-population-doubled-last-two-years

Read about the most recent saiga mass mortality events:
https://news.mongabay.com/2018/01/a-time-bomb-for-the-saiga-bad-news-central-asias-beleaguered-antelope/

Check out a very detailed report on the saiga horn trade:
https://www.trafficj.org/publication/10-Saiga_Antelope_Trade.pdf

Learn more about conservation issues surrounding saiga:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/08/saiga-antelope-poaching-disease/

This site has all of the resources you need and more on saiga:
https://www.saigaresourcecentre.com

The paper we mentioned on European saiga history (found on Saiga Resource Centre):

Lushchekina, A. and A. Struchkov. 2001. The Saiga Antelope in Europe: Once Again on the Brink? The Open Country 3: 11-24.

 

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