by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Monday, 11 January, 2021 | Russia, Russia - Featured Post, Saiga News
With a feeling of deep sorrow that we have to report that our “saiga” community has suffered an irreparable loss. On the evening of January 8, 2021, terrible news came, which shocked literally everyone – Anton Pavlovich Mezhnev suddenly died, who spent more than...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Saturday, 26 December, 2020 | Russia, Russia - Featured Post, Saiga News
These are the results of the drawing contest “New Year Card” held by steppe club Vozrozhdeniye (Renaissance) in the Limanskiy district of the Astrakhan region of Russia. Результаты конкурса рисунков “Новогодняя открытка”, проведённого степным...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Sunday, 20 December, 2020 | Russia, Russia - Featured Post, Saiga News
There are two very important periods in the difficult and dangerous life of saigas – animals of amazing appearance and fate that live also on the Steppe of the Liman District of the Astrakhan Region. One of these periods is calving when the saiga calves are...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Friday, 11 December, 2020 | Russia, Saiga News
Planning nature conservation measures aimed at restoring the saiga population inhabiting the North-Western Caspian Sea in the medium and long term is impossible without analyzing long-term monitoring data. For many years, the staff of the Stepnoi Reserve, located in...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Tuesday, 17 November, 2020 | Russia, Saiga News
It is not often that you can read about the fate of a certain individual from a herd of many-thousands of saigas. But this short story is about one such unusual and freedom-loving animal. In an early May morning in 2017, near a small lake formed by an artesian well,...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Tuesday, 21 July, 2020 | Russia, Saiga News
As we have previously reported on social networks (https://www.facebook.com/Savesaigas/posts/3041995935837656), on July 7, three light aircraft attacked a herd of saigas near a large artesian well in the Stepnoi reserve. The pilots circled around several times and...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Tuesday, 23 June, 2020 | Russia, Saiga Day, Saiga News
Undoubtedly, the main and most important event in the activities of the steppe clubs is the celebration of Saiga Day. Immediately after the Saiga Day in 2019, members of the steppe clubs began to make plans, carefully prepare for this celebration in 2020. But, as you...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Wednesday, 20 May, 2020 | Russia, Saiga Day, Saiga News
As a part of the online Saiga Day 2020 guys from Steppe club “Vozrozhdenije” (Renaissance) in Liman, Astrakhan region, Russia read a poem about saiga, which was composed by all the members of the Steppe club. В рамках Дня сайгака онлайн 2020 ребята из...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Tuesday, 12 May, 2020 | Russia, Saiga News
Перевод на русский язык ниже It is well known what significance over the past 20 years the Stepnoi Reserve of the Astrakhan Region has for the conservation of the saiga population inhabiting the territory of the Northwest Caspian, especially during calving. We already...
by Alexandra Bukvarevaa | Saturday, 2 May, 2020 | Russia, Saiga News
перевод на русский язык ниже Warm weather and the presence of succulent feed determine good lactation conditions and the safety of newborns in the most critical period of their life – in the first week after birth. Anomalies in weather conditions (early drought,...
