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[ December Free Report] Saiga |
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by Sara Dauletyarova | 02-01-2022 18:57
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 Have you heard about the world’s weirdest antelope with a big nose? If not, this kind of animal is called the Saiga antelope or Saiga tatrica. Saiga is adapted to harsh conditions inhabiting generally semi-desert grasslands or open woodlands. These antelopes are classed as an endangered species and can only be found in Central Asia, Mongolia, and the Russian Federation. The most striking feature about them is their appearance with a distinctive bulbous nose which differs from other antelopes. The nose serves to warm up the cold winter air before it reaches their lungs, and it may also work as a dust filter in the dry summers. This species can migrate over 1,000 km with very large herds of 1000 individuals between summer and winter, and the migration pattern follows a north-south direction. The mating season of saigas takes place from December to January. The population of saigas has declined because of some reasons. Saigas have been so widely hunted due to their meat, skin, and horns, which have commercial value. Saiga horn, which is equal to rhino’s horn, is greatly appreciated in Chinese medicine. There has been a dramatic decrease in the number of this rare animal from millions in the 1990s to fewer than 130, 0000 in 2016. Over 87 thousand tonnes of meat were collected in Kazakhstan from 1955-1989 leading to more than five million saiga deaths. In 2011, Kazakhstan imposed a ban on the hunting saiga, which extended until 2021. Saigas are regarded as a symbol of the Central Asian nomadic lifestyle, and today approximately 124,000 saigas remain in the wild.  There is an estimated resident population of 500 saiga antelopes in Uzbekistan on the island of Vozrozhdeniye because of the catastrophic Aral Sea. Having banned the hunting of saiga since 1991, Uzbekistan launched the one-million-hectare Saigachy Reserve to protect Saiga breeding grounds. In 2008, the saiga was listed in the Red Book of Uzbekistan. A lot of efforts have been done to better conserve the species. For example, Asian governments along with NGOs such as Saiga Conservation Alliance (SCA) signed the Convention on Migratory Species’ Memorandum of Understanding to preserve saiga. Since 2000, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has provided financial and technical support for saiga conservation. We are humans who can destroy but at the same time change the world by making a difference. And the survival of animals is in our hands, too. So why not help them grow instead of neglecting the existence of those creatures. |
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Hello Sara, this is your mentor Hannah.
As the comments below, I also heard what Saiga is for the first time by your article.
If they were not in danger of extinction, more people would have heard of them, right?
Their population decrease because of hunting is heartbreaking, so I hope there are more actions to preserve this endangered species.
Thank you for your great article and please keep up with your wonderful work :) Happy new year!
Sincerly,
Hannah
Posted 05-01-2022 15:16
Hello Sara, this is your mentor Joon.
I have never heard of Saiga before, and I guess they are quite cute. Many different species have gone extinct due to careless nature of human. We have to admit what we have done before, and ,learning from mistakes, have to progress. We should protect the nature by halting random development so that their habitat does not get destroyed. We may be able to find different solutions, but we should at least do something before it is too late for us to act on it.
Well read your article, and Happy New Year!
Best,
Joon
Posted 04-01-2022 14:58
Hello Sara
Greetings from Nepal
Thank you for sharing your informative report on saiga. I have never heard about sara before. More conservation plans and activities should be executed to preserve endangered species.
Nowadays haunting of wild animals become one of the major threaten worldwide.
Keep writing,keep sharing
We are eager to learn more from you.
Regards
Dolma
Posted 03-01-2022 00:02