Why are saiga antelopes endangered

With our total saiga population remaining less than 3, in Mongolia, we are deeply concerned with the commercial trade plan of other saiga range states. The commercial trade will create high demand for saiga horn and thus may lead to uncontrolled poaching and wildlife trafficking which may wipe out the remaining saiga population of less than 3, in Mongolia.

The critically endangered saiga antelope Saiga tatarica , with its strange oversized muzzle and delicate ringed horns, roams the open steppes of Central Asia, in Mongolia, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. The species was formerly widespread numbering well over 1 million individuals as recently as the s.

However, it repeatedly experienced drastic declines in the late 20th century, reaching an all-time low of about 50, animals in the early s.

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