Saiga (Saiga tatarica) conservation strategy in Kazakhstan
Saiga (Saiga tatarica): uma estratégia de conservação no Cazaquistão
Serikbayeva A.T. Akimzhanov D.Sh. Iskakova Z.A. Karagoishin Z. Akoyev M.T. Dauletaliyev T.N. Baitanayev O.A.
2023Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Brazilian Journal of Biology
2023#83
The saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) is a living symbol of the Eurasian steppes. Even in the recent past, its total number exceeded a million heads. As a commercial species, it was a source of inexpensive meat and skins for suede. The natural world range of saiga in Eurasia covers the steppe and desert ecosystems of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, as well as Kalmykia and the Astrakhan region in the Russian Federation. It is divided into two subspecies: (Saiga tatarica tatarica) the nominal subspecies and (S.t.mongolica) the Mongolian saiga, which is found only in Mongolia. In 2002, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (UICN) classified saiga as CR-critically endangered. The purpose of this work is to analyze the saiga population dynamics on the territory of Kazakhstan and characterize possible anthropogenic, genetic and environmental factors affecting their numbers, with the rationale for approaches to conserving these animals’ population in Kazakhstan. The article highlights the saiga dynamics of number and distribution over the past decade, the reasons for decline in its number, also discusses specific measures to conserve the saiga in modern conditions, because the current critical situation with saiga in Kazakhstan requires implementing a strategy for its conservation as a species of mammals fauna of the republic.
anthropogenic factors , ecosystem , epizootics of pasteurellosis , mass death , Saiga tatarica
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Kazakh National Agrarian Research University, Faculty of Water, Land and Forest Resources, Department of Forest Resources, Game Management and Fisheries, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Kazakh National Agrarian Research University, Faculty of Zooengineering and Food Technologies, Department of Food Safety and Technologies, Almaty, Kazakhstan
S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical Research University, Faculty of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, Department of “Hunting and Fisheries”, Astana, Kazakhstan
Republican State Enterprise for “Huntingzooindustry”, Department of the Wildlife Protection Service, Almaty, Kazakhstan
LLP “VIP Safari Service”, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Kazakh National Agrarian Research University
Kazakh National Agrarian Research University
S. Seifullin Kazakh AgroTechnical Research University
Republican State Enterprise for “Huntingzooindustry”
LLP “VIP Safari Service”
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