A diversity of representatives of the animal world regularly embark on risky and exhausting travels just to survive as a species. So many dangers and obstacles are encountered by migratory animals on their way. And many of them have been created artificially, by human hands. The saiga is a champion long-distance migrant.

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2010 Small Grant Programme winner: Pavel Amosov (Russia) “Saiga status and its conservation during migration in the vicinity of the Baskunchak lake”

by | Tuesday, 19 October, 2010 | Population Monitoring, Russia, Saiga News, Small Grants Programme

Pavel Amosov is deputy director for science at Bogdinsk Baskunchak nature reserve in Astrakhan Province, Russia. Pavel has been working in the reserve for 2 years and is responsible for monitoring the status of the reserve’s vertebrate populations. Prior to this...