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American dog trainers bring detector dogs to Almaty, help Kazakhstan stop saiga horn trafficking to China Almaty customs officers have got four detection dogs from Europe and America. The joint effort is called to help save the dwindling saiga antelope population in Kazakhstan.

13 May 2014

3,000 saiga antelopes die in Akmola and Karaganda oblasts Mortality of 3 thousand saiga antelopes has been registered in Akmola and Karaganda oblasts in central Kazakhstan.

11 September 2013

Saiga population doubles in Kazakhstan in 5 years The population growth has not been affected even by poachers who hunt saiga for its horns used in Chinese medicine.

24 June 2013

Kazakhstan Agriculture Ministry to bring population of saiga to half a million Kazakhstan Ministry of Agriculture is planning to raise the population of saiga antelopes to half a million in Kazakhstan.

16 July 2012

Saiga population increased by one third in Kazakhstan Saiga antelopes population has increased by more than one third in Kazakhstan in two years.

13 July 2012

Saiga antelopes die in Kostanay oblast again Pasteurellosis is quoted as the most likely cause of the new surge of saiga's deaths in Kazakhstan.

25 May 2012

Veterinary laboratory confirms pasteurelosis as the cause of dieoff of saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan The animal death toll stands at over 400.

01 June 2011

Massimov discussed saiga mortality in western Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Karim Massimov discussed thesituation around large number of saiga dieing in West Kazakhstan oblast.

31 May 2011