by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Monday, 26 August, 2019 | Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan - Featured Post, Saiga News
Художественная акция: рога сайгака продавали в Казахстане. Ссылка на оригинал на русском языке внизу страницы. On August 19 a ‘saiga’ was killed by a poacher in the center of Kostanai city and his horns were sold… This was the dramatic conclusion of...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Wednesday, 31 July, 2019 | Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan - Featured Post, Russia, Russia - Featured Post, Saiga hero, Saiga News
Together with the world, we celebrate today the World Ranger Day. On this day, we want to remember those who died, fulfilling their duty.This year already two rangers from Kazakhstan were killed by poachers hunting saigas. On January 15 ranger Yerlan Nurgaliev died in...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Monday, 11 February, 2019 | Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan - Featured Post, Saiga News, Saiga youth camp, Young Conservation Leaders
“I really wanted my school to have a ‘Friends of saiga’ club”. Recalls Bekaly Omirzak, a 14 year old boy from the remote village of Koskol in Kazakhstan. Last year the Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK), the Saiga Conservation...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Friday, 8 February, 2019 | Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan - Featured Post, Saiga News
On February 4, ranger Yerlan Nurgaliyev was posthumously awarded the “Barys” award for bravery in the performance of service duty. The corresponding decree was signed by the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.As a reminder: on January 13, the...
by Carlyn Samuel | Friday, 25 January, 2019 | Kazakhstan, Saiga News
It’s with heavy hearts that we share the news that Yerlen Nurgaliyev, a ranger in Kazakhstan, was tragically killed by poachers while protecting saiga antelopes. Yerlen had served for 25 years in the police before taking up a job in wildlife protection and was known...
by Carlyn Samuel | Friday, 21 September, 2018 | Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan - Featured Post, Population Monitoring, Saiga News
*Saiga horns are also known as ling yang (羚羊) and used in Traditional Chinese Medicine Thanks go out to John Wendle and the National Geographic team from this lovely article. Read it here John joined our colleagues at the ACBK this Spring on their yearly census...
by Carlyn Samuel | Tuesday, 21 August, 2018 | Kazakhstan, Saiga News
As the moon light starting shimmering over the flat expanse of the steppe, our tabletka (The old classic Russian steppe vehicle) finally came to its penultimate stop. We had arrived at camp. There I was a part of an international team of researchers, journalists and...
by Carlyn Samuel | Thursday, 14 June, 2018 | 2015 Dieoff, Kazakhstan, Saiga News
The BBC’s Abdujalil Abdurasulov joined a scientific expedition with our colleagues at the ACBK in Kazakhstan, who are attempting to save saigas from extinction, you can watch the lovely shop clip they made here
by Carlyn Samuel | Thursday, 22 March, 2018 | 2015 Dieoff, Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan - Featured Post, Saiga News
*Saiga horns are also known as ling yang (羚羊) and used in Traditional Chinese Medicine By Richard A. Kock and E.J. Milner-Gulland Reproduced by kind permission of ‘Natural History’ magazine. First published in the April 2018 issue. Every year at calving...
by Carlyn Samuel | Thursday, 1 March, 2018 | China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Saiga News, Uzbekistan
The Saiga Conservation Alliance is offering bursaries to support people attending the SCA Asia Section Meeting in Bishkek in early August 2018, who intend to present on topics relevant to saiga antelope conservation. Read on and apply here Loading… ...