"Central Asia is a vast region with abundant natural resources and is one of the world's strategic areas," she told CRI ...

ASTANA – President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced the decision to donate 1,500 saiga antelopes to China for ...

Kazakhstan said Wednesday it will authorise the hunting of saiga antelopes, once an endangered species that the government says is now threatening farming in the vast Central Asian country.

The saiga antelope, an ancient species with a distinctive oversized nose, has made a remarkable comeback from the brink of extinction. Once critically endangered due to habitat loss and poaching ...

The saiga antelope once roamed across Europe and North America alongside mammoths and sabre-toothed cats. Saigas live in some of the harshest lands in the world, often migrating long distances between ...

This floppy-nosed antelope was nearly gone. 20 years later, it’s thriving. Less than a decade ago, more than half of the world’s saiga antelope were lost to a mysterious disease.

AFP Astana, Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan on Monday said it would legalise hunting of the once-threatened Saiga antelopes to manage their population. Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT.

A ministry spokesman said that "up to 337,500 Saiga antelopes) have to be captured or killed by November 30". The culling of Saiga antelopes is a frequent subject of debate in Kazakhstan.

The government has banned saiga hunting and trading in saiga products since 1999. (handout) Just a few years ago, the rare saiga antelope was on the verge of extinction in Kazakhstan.. Now, saigas are ...

The population of endangered Saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan is now over 1.3 million, the ecology ministry said Tuesday, in the latest boost to a species threatened by poaching and disease.. In 2015 ...