The Saiga Antelope has been a critically endangered species since 2018. The population of the Saiga antelope has more than doubled in Kazakhstan since 2019. The International Union for Conservation of Nature deems the Saiga to be among five critically endangered antelope species. Earlier this month the ecological ministry estimated that around 350 female saiga antelopes had been killed by …
The population of the critically endangered Saiga antelope has more than doubled since 2019, Kazakhstan said on Friday, citing the first aerial survey of the animals in two years. In a statement, Kazakhstan's ecology ministry called the population boom "an indicator of the effectiveness of measures to conserve saiga populations and counteract poaching". Kazakhstan's vast steppe is home to the …
