Hunting Ban Extended for Antelope Species Being Studied with Funding from Morris Animal Foundation
Recently, Kazakhstan extended a ban on hunting saiga antelopes until 2021 as the nation works to save the endangered species. Saiga antelope, which have distinctive bulbous noses, are the topic of a study recently funded through Morris Animal Foundation’s Betty White Wildlife Rapid Response Fund.
The funding supports Fauna & Flora International’s efforts to study the reasons behind why, in May of 2010, more than 12,000 saiga antelopes were found dead.
Saigas have experienced one of the fastest declines recorded for mammals in recent decades: a 95 percent decrease in population over the past 20 years.
The Agence France-Presse recently reported that an order by Kazakhstan’s agriculture ministry to extend the ban was issued in November 2010 and published in local media on Tuesday (Feb. 1, 2011), effective immediately. The previous ban lasted until late last year.
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Posted by MAFon February 9, 2011.
Categories: Animal health, Animal welfare, Wildlife health
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