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For the full article, first published in Natural History Magazine's April 2018 issue please click here
Aslan Baideldinov is an animal husbandry technician who has been working at the Centre for Wild Animals of the Republic of Kalmykia since 2003.
The Saiga News editorial team carried out a telephone interview with him.
Editor: Aslan, how did you start working on saiga conservation?
I have been fond of animals since I was a kid. We kept ducks, geese, cows and sheep at home. Our parents taught us to take care of the animals day-to-day. I knew all our animals by sight and all of them had names. I first saw saigas when I was at primary school. There were lots of them then and we often observed them passing by our school. When I first saw them I formed a lifelong memory of these animals, the…
Beautiful male saiga
The Saiga Conservation Alliance 2010 Kazakhstan research team.
Professor Amankul Bekenov was voted the Saiga Conservation Alliance's (SCA) first Honorary Member in recognition of his tireless service for saiga antelope conservation over many years. The Steering Committee of the SCA is proud to have served with this distinguished scientist. He is also the first Saiga Hero.
E.J. Milner Gulland, Chair of the Saiga Conservation Alliance, pays tribute to Amankul
Amankul Bekenov's research covered both field work and analysis, and concerned the ecology and conservation of a range of mammal species.
Children at a school in Kazakhstan who filled out a questionnaire survey about the saiga antelope.
Saiga calf lying in the grass in Kazakhstan.
Saiga female on the steppes in Kazakhstan.