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Saiga calving – April – May
перевод на русский язык ниже Before the birth period of saigas, which usually occurs at the very end of April - beginning of May and lasts about a week, large herds consisting of pregnant and unfertilized females and males of different ages begin to disintegrate, and...
Ready for calving!
Перевод на русский язык ниже It was not easy for all mankind to stand out in the first half of 2020, the leap year, which from the very first days began to justify its name. After all, it is believed that such a year can bring many misfortunes. The outbreak of the...
20th Anniversary of Stepnoi!
20 лет Степному! At the very beginning of the XXI century, when it became clear that the Astrakhan steppes and their inhabitants, and in particular the saiga, could simply disappear due to the barbaric attitude of the hungry for profit, A.P. Guzhvin, who at that time...
The experiment is completed!
Эксперимент завершен! In a number of paragraphs of the Medium-Term International Work Program for Saiga for 2016–2020, which supports the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding regarding the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of saiga antelope...
Who got captured in the camera trap?!
Кто попался в объектив?! In recent years, the capabilities of modern technologies, in particular the introduction of widespread camera traps, have become an important tool for specialists studying and protecting animals in the wild, especially rare and cautious...
Try to recognize! (Small grants programme)
Попробуй распознай! As we already reported earlier (October 22, 2019), one of the winners of the SCA’s Small Grants Program previous year was the international Russian-English project (lead by Olga Vorontseva and Babette Fourier) devoted to saiga monitoring based on...
New saiga toys on sale now!
This is not a very ordinary story of a young mother, who evokes a love for saigas in the hearts of old and young alike, with her handmade toys. Her name is Natalya Sayapina, and she is a 29 year-old science teacher. However, she’s taking a break while she concentrates...
“Day of Migratory species” — brings us closer to nature
«День Мигрирующих видов» -- приближает нас к природе Animal migration is their regular movement, during which individuals from one habitat move to another, and return back after a while. Animal migrations are one of the most moving and unusual natural phenomena....
Tulips will bloom on the cordon!
На кордоне зацветут тюльпаны! The "Stepnoy" Reserve created in 2000 near the Liman settlement (Astrakhan region, Russia) to save the saiga and other inhabitants of the steppe ecosystems, had not had a place not so long ago where inspectors, who work around the clock,...
SCA Small grants programme 2019 — Results
Грантовые программы Альянса по сохранению сайгака 2019 -- результаты In the Small Grants Program, from the eight applications received from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, three were selected. The winners are: Muhit Suttibay with the project “Suppression of the...