Saigas found dead in Kazakhstan

[devilfish]

Almost 550 saigas have been found dead in northern Kazakhstan:

Kazakhstan: Over 500 Endangered Antelopes Found Dead | EurasiaNet.org

We'll see if this is related to the Pasteurellosis epidemic which wiped out 12,000 saiga in 2010 and 400 last year.

 

[Arizona Docent]

Are there any captive breeding programs for this species? It seems the Minnesota Zoo and The Wilds would be ideal places here in the US for them.

 

[devilfish]

Moscow Zoo's breeding centre has a few but numbers seem to be faltering. The Askaniya Nova reserve in Ukraine has a large number of saiga - probably the species' best hope for captive breeding, but most are kept in semi-wild conditions.