Facebook Twitter Pinterest The survival of the saiga antelope gives hope to biologists and activists who are trying to protect Earth’s other endangered species. This was a species that no one knew about or cared about and it was heading for extinction. You never give up,” said Richard Young, head of Conservation Science at the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. It is also a conservation success story as was demonstrated last September when it was officially moved off the red list of “endangered species” and put on the “vulnerable species” list after it had been brought back from near extinction by determined conservation work by the Chinese government. “The Mongolian government is now considering how best to control the outbreak and conservation organisations like WWF and the Saiga Conservation Alliance are mounting a response.

Source: The Guardian April 08, 2017 19:42 UTC