by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Tuesday, 6 August, 2019 | Mongolia, Mongolia - Featured Post, Saiga hero, Saiga News
Невосполнимая потеря! Memories of Anna Lushchekina about Dr. B. B. Lhagvasuren who passed away on August 1, 2019. Воспоминания Анны Лущёкиной о докторе Б. Лхагвасурэне, скончавшемся 1 августа 2019. It is impossible to believe in this very sad, tragic news from...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Monday, 25 February, 2019 | Mongolia, Mongolia - Featured Post, Saiga hero, Saiga News
Editor: When did you first become interested in saigas? B.Ch.:I was born and spent my childhood in Uvs province, Western Mongolia, where we have the most pristine zones with rich biodiversity. At that time, my curiosity and fascination with nature started. After that,...
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… ...
by Carlyn Samuel | Thursday, 7 December, 2017 | Mongolia, Projects, Saiga Mural, Saiga News
I arrived into Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbataar on the 24th of September 2017. My objective: to paint a set of murals depicting the steppe wildlife (with the Saiga at the centre) as a way of engaging on conservation issues with rural communities. This was to be my...
by Carlyn Samuel | Sunday, 12 November, 2017 | Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Saiga News, Uzbekistan
In the run up to ‘GIVING TUESDAY’ next week we are lauching a short appeal to help the brave rangers who will be protecting saigas in the coming freezing conditions. Photo: E. Polonskiy Photo: ACBK Photo: ACBK WINTERY SAIGA FACTS * Saigas live in...
by Carlyn Samuel | Tuesday, 4 April, 2017 | Mongolia, Saiga News
Today our colleagues at WWF-Mongolia announced the results of a survey carried out by WWF-Mongolia and WCS-Mongolia in conjunction with local government agencies. Over the period 13-20th March transect surveys were carried out in the saiga ranges in Mongolia. We are...
by Carlyn Samuel | Friday, 24 February, 2017 | Mongolia, Saiga News
Our colleague, Richard Kock from the Royal Veterinary College in the UK, worked on the Mass die-off in Kazakhstan in 2015, he recently came back from carrying out emergency research into the terrible scene unfolding in Mongolia. In these two very short clips he...
by Carlyn Samuel | Wednesday, 8 February, 2017 | Mongolia, Mongolia - Featured Post, Saiga News
HELP US SAVE MONGOLIA’S UNIQUE WILDLIFE An outbreak of a devastating disease, peste-des-petits ruminants (sheep and goat plague) is killing saiga antelopes and other unique and imperiled animals in Mongolia. Already more than 2,500 saigas have suffered a...
by Carlyn Samuel | Thursday, 2 February, 2017 | Mongolia, Saiga News
Experts from the Saiga Conservation Alliance’s in-country partners – WWF Mongolia and WCS- Mongolia – and scientists from the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Royal Veterinary College and FAO, are on the scene, investigating the causes and...
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”,...
