Guests in Stepnoy Reserve

Гости Степного Last weekend, there was completed the comprehensive ecological tour for German amateur ornithologists, which was developed by the Astrakhan Nature Reserve. The final point of the route was an excursion to the Stepnoy Reserve in the Astrakhan region,...

Saiga hero: Aslan Baideldinov

Aslan Baideldinov is an animal husbandry technician who has been working at the Centre for Wild Animals of the Republic of Kalmykia since 2003. Editor: Aslan, how did you start working on saiga conservation? A.B.: I have been fond of animals since I was a kid. We kept...

Saiga hero: Yuri Grachev

In this issue, we speak to Dr. Yuri A. Grachev, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Zoology of the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan, Candidate of Biological Sciences. Dr. Grachevʹs research interests include the ecology, conservation and use of mammals,...

Saiga hero: Albert Salemgareyev

To meet saigas was a great piece of luck and a good sign for me! Albert Salemgareyev is Technical Coordinator of the Altyn Dala Environmental Protection Initiative under the Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK). He started to work with...