by Carlyn Samuel | Thursday, 19 January, 2017 | Mongolia, Mongolia - Featured Post, Saiga News
Unfortunately, latest reports from our colleagues in Mongolia indicate that over 1000 saigas have now died from the ongoing disease outbreak. Tests are still being conducted, but it’s most likely an outbreak of peste-des-petits ruminants, or “sheep and goat plague”,...
by Carlyn Samuel | Wednesday, 11 January, 2017 | Mongolia, Saiga News
Saiga deaths in Mongolia. We have received reports of the tragic death of over 500 Mongolian saigas in recent weeks. This disease outbreak is worrying because the Mongolian subspecies numbers only around 12,000 individuals*. Initial reports suggest that the cause is...
by Carlyn Samuel | Sunday, 4 December, 2016 | 2015 Dieoff, Kazakhstan, Saiga News
Read an article written by SCA founder E.J. Milner-Gulland that will get you up to speed on the status of the Saiga Antelope https://theconversation.com/planet-earth-ii-why-more-than-200-000-saiga-antelopes-died-in-just-days-69859 ...
by Carlyn Samuel | Sunday, 4 December, 2016 | Saiga News
http:// Did you see saigas on Planet earth II? Here’s a short clip which we thought you’d...
by Carlyn Samuel | Sunday, 4 December, 2016 | Saiga News
We’re really excited to see what made the cut in the piece about saigas which will be on Planet Earth II on December 4th. A camera crew went to both Russia and Kazakhstan to film saiga behaviour and to see them calving. However, in Kazakhstan they witnessed the...
by Carlyn Samuel | Friday, 25 November, 2016 | Migratory Species Day, Saiga News, Uzbekistan
Did you know that saigas are a migratory species just like whales and penguins! Saigas migrate south to find better pastures in winter. To celebrate the beginning of the migration season school children in the saiga’s range in Uzbekistan hold the ‘Day of...
by Carlyn Samuel | Tuesday, 22 November, 2016 | Kazakhstan, Saiga News
*Saiga horns are also known as ling yang (羚羊) and used in Traditional Chinese Medicine Take a moment to look at these images. They are adverts for illegally buying and selling saiga horns, you can easily find them in all cities and villages in Kazakhstan. They are...
by Carlyn Samuel | Thursday, 17 November, 2016 | Kazakhstan, Population Monitoring, Saiga News
SCA partners in Kazakhstan the ACBK, together with the “Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems” and “Okhotzooprom” carried out their regular monitoring of the Ural and Ustyrt saiga populations from September 20th to October 20th. This work was carried out...
by Carlyn Samuel | Wednesday, 2 November, 2016 | China, Saiga News
We are pleased to announce that the 20th Issue of Saiga News is now available in Chinese and you can download it here
