Articles Tagged with “Saiga”

3 Articles found tagged with “Saiga”.

  • Saiga Saga

    By 2010 there were around 81,000 left, but this year marked the start of the saiga die-offs.

    By Alex Taylor on 20th November 2015
  • Saving the Saiga

    Sadly, poaching remains a problem, not for food but for Chinese traditional medicine. The translucent, foot-long horns belonging to the males are ground into a powder and used for the treatment of headaches and fever, and a pound of powder can fetch US$2,000.

    By Alex Taylor on 27th November 2013