by Carlyn Samuel | Friday, 26 August, 2016 | Russia, Saiga Day, Steppe Wildlife Club
As part of the annual celebration of the Saiga Day Yashkul High School held a series of events dedicated to the conservation of saiga. The annual competition “antelopes” saw over 60 children taking part in an event to promote environmental awareness and...
by Carlyn Samuel | Friday, 26 August, 2016 | Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan - Featured Post, Saiga Day, Steppe Wildlife Club
At the beginning of June a “Saiga Day” festival was organized for over 100 local schoolchildren aged between 7-11 from Korgalzhyn village in Central Kazakhstan. This exciting event was fully supported by the SCA and our generous funders Wildlife Conservation Network....
by Carlyn Samuel | Tuesday, 23 August, 2016 | Russia, Saiga Mural, Saiga News
Russian Mural 2016 – written by Rory McCann For the past 4 years, I have worked as a mural artist, with a focus on using my art to inspire people to have a greater interest in wildlife. Without a doubt, the most exciting and rewarding work I have done to date has been...
by Carlyn Samuel | Tuesday, 23 August, 2016 | Kazakhstan, Russia, Saiga News, Small Grants Programme
Announcing the winners of the 2016 SCA Small Grants Programme, supported by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. This year we are pleased to be supporting three exciting projects proposed by local conservationists within the saiga’s...
by Carlyn Samuel | Monday, 22 August, 2016 | Russia, Saiga News, Small Grants Programme
Public Outreach – an important tool in improving the protection of saiga in the North-West Caspian The saiga population of the North-West Caspian remains critically endangered, with about 3500 animals. Their main threat being poaching for their horns which are...
by Carlyn Samuel | Monday, 22 August, 2016 | Russia, Saiga News, Small Grants Programme
We are pleased to announce that a group of people from Kalmykia, Russia have been awarded our Small Grants Award, kindly sponsored by the CMS. Catherine Ochirova and Nadezhda Pyurvenova will be developing a booklet called “Saiga – living heritage of our...
by Carlyn Samuel | Monday, 22 August, 2016 | Kazakhstan, Saiga News, Small Grants Programme
We are happy to announce one of our Small Grant Awards for 2016 goes to Bibigul Sarsenova, Chair of the Association ‘Society and Environment’, who works in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The award will enable her to review public attitudes to the challenge of conserving...
by Carlyn Samuel | Saturday, 14 November, 2015 | Migratory Species Day, Saiga News, Steppe Wildlife Club, Uzbekistan
It’s became an annual event for schools in the saiga regions of Nukus and Ustyurt to host Migratory Species Day events just before the Christmas break. This year, the the SCA team visited the Steppe Wildlife Club “Hope” which the first to celebrate. High school...
by Carlyn Samuel | Wednesday, 16 September, 2015 | Saiga News, Saiga youth camp, Uzbekistan
From 17-24th August 25 Uzbek children between the ages of 11-15 joined the SCA’s first ‘Saiga Youth Wildlife Camp’. 18 children from Karakalpakia, the region where saigas can still be found in Uzbekistan and 7 children from Tashkent who acted as ‘local guides’, as...
