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  • 12/18/2023FZS in the media

    This floppy-nosed antelope was nearly gone. 20 years later, it’s thriving.

    12/18/2023FZS in the media

    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. Its comeback is a rare and phenomenal conservation success.

  • 04/27/2023News

    Albert Salemgareyev Wins Whitley Award

    04/27/2023News

    Albert Salemgareyev Wins Whitley Award

    Albert Salemgareyev from our partner Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK) has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Whitley Award. He received the award for managing the Saiga Antelope Boom in Kazakhstan.

  • The kulan mare, her yearling from 2021 and her foal from 2022 running together in the acclimatization enclosure in Alibi.03/27/2023Project update

    Four kulans for Alibi

    03/27/2023Project update

    Four kulans for Alibi

    Last November, FZS supported a transport of kulans to the Torgai steppe in central Kazakhstan for the third time. Veterinary student Anne Dohrmann took part in this translocation. In freezing temperatures, she spent many weeks at the remote reintroduction site and ranger station “Alibi” to observe the new arrivals

  • 12/15/2022Project update

    More Kulan return home

    12/15/2022Project update

    More Kulan return home

    Four Kulan, an Asiatic wild ass, were transported 2,100 km by helicopter to an area where the species once roamed.

  • 12/13/2022Press release

    Altyn Dala – a model of restoration

    12/13/2022Press release

    Altyn Dala – a model of restoration

    The Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative aims to restore large steppe areas in Kazakhstan to their natural state. Today, the Initiative has been awarded a “World Restoration Flagship” by the United Nations. As one of Altyn Dala’s partners, we are proud to have contributed to the success of the project.

  • 07/12/2022Project update

    A great migration returned

    07/12/2022Project update

    A great migration returned

    Kazakhstan’s saiga antelope total more than a million!

  • 10/19/2021Project update

    Collars for Conservation

    10/19/2021Project update

    Collars for Conservation

    Since 2009 FZS partner the Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK) has been collecting tracking data to help better understand the movement patterns of the critically endangered saiga antelope. Collars fitted this year will help to study the migration behaviour of a growing saiga population and guide … Read more

  • 09/15/2021Project update

    Kulan migration insights could guide future reintroductions

    09/15/2021Project update

    Kulan migration insights could guide future reintroductions

    A new research article published in the journal Frontiers in Conservation Science describes the post-release movement behaviour of kulan in the Torgai region of Central Kazakhstan, and provides valuable insights for future reintroduction efforts.

  • 08/09/2021FZS in the media

    Saiga antelopes bounce back after mass die-off

    08/09/2021FZS in the media

    Saiga antelopes bounce back after mass die-off

    In 2015 tragedy struck Kazakhstan’s saiga antelopes. A usually benign bacteria, made deadly by climatic changes, killed thousands of the animals. But now there’s a baby boom on the steppe.

  • 06/05/2021Project update

    Saigas Bounce Back

    06/05/2021Project update

    Saigas Bounce Back

    Kazakhstan’s population of the critically endangered antelope now nearing a million.

  • 05/07/2021Press release

    Launch of First Global Initiative to Map Ungulate Migrations Comes at Crucial Time for Kazakhstan’s Saiga Antelope

    05/07/2021Press release

    Launch of First Global Initiative to Map Ungulate Migrations Comes at Crucial Time for Kazakhstan’s Saiga Antelope

    An international team of 92 scientists and conservationists has joined forces to create the first-ever global atlas of ungulate migrations. Detailed maps of the herds’ seasonal movements will help governments, indigenous people and local communities, and wildlife managers to identify current and emerging threats to migrations and guide their protection.

  • 04/18/2016Press release

    Surprising findings from research on saiga antelope mass die-off

    04/18/2016Press release

    Surprising findings from research on saiga antelope mass die-off

    Scientists agree, that a bacterium causing haemorrhagic septicaemia led to the tragic mass die-off of saiga antelopes during May 2015 in Kazakhstan.

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