Saiga Day in Uzbekistan in 2015
A traditional Saiga Day was held in Uzbekistan in early May. This spring celebration gathered together a lot of people caring for the fate of the steppe antelope from Nukus city and remote villages of Karalpakstan in Uzbekistan. This year’s festival has acquired...An interview with Olya Esipova, 2014 SCA Young Conservation Leader
Olya Esipova is 19 years old and is a full time student at the Westminster International University In Tashkent, Uzbekistan where she is finishing a course in international foundation studies. She used her Young Conservation Leaders award to work on the SCA’s new...SCA Uzbekistan go to Kenya
Among all the events we have carried out for saiga conservation world this year, we wanted to highlight our first knowledge-exchange trip. The Uzbek SCA team, including Sasha the Saiga traveled to Kenya. We had a unique opportunity to spread the word about saigas far...Mother and daughter conservation team – saving saigas
Mother and daughter team of saiga conservationists are a hit at Expo SCA co-founder Elena Bykova is a regular to WCN’s expo in San Francisco, but this year her 19 year old daughter Olya, who is also one of SCA’s Young Conservationists, attended with her. The duo were...Drawn Together – The People and Wildlife of Uzbekistan
This spring, a completely new approach to Saiga conservation has been trialled in Uzbekistan. British wildlife artist Rory McCann travelled to Karakalpakstan, in Uzbekistan, to paint a mural depicting the wildlife of the steppe habitat. Uzbek student Olga Esipova...Young people celebrate the saiga antelope
Steppe Wildlife clubs join in with Saiga Day celebrations. SCA’s latest initiative to involve teenagers in the conservation of their environment and in particular the saiga antelope is really taking off. A network of ‘Steppe Wildlife clubs’ has been rolled out across...Beautiful hand-crafted embroidered bags for sale
Unique handmade Uzbek embroidered bags and gifts for sale Visit our new online shop and learn about the meanings behind the designs and how sales are helping women in deprived rural areas of Uzbekistan–as well as saving the critically endangered saiga antelope. While...Read moreA 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.