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Performance: Saiga horns sold in Kazakhstan
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 a performance...
World Rangers Day
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...
Meet Our Newest Saiga Hero: Bekaly Omirzak
“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...
Yerlan Nurgaliyev awarded for bravery
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 ranger Yerlan...
Sad news about the loss of a brave ranger
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...
Lovely News Article from National Geographic
*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...
Aggregating for a Secure Future? Lessons from the Saiga Expedition to the Ural Steppe.
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...
Saigas in the 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
Field notes: Timely Response to Untimely Death A multidisciplinary effort is needed for multifactorial disasters.
*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 time for the...
Bursaries available to take part in SCB Asia this August
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... ...