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Critically endangered Saiga antelope vital for preservation of world’s largest grasslands
Saving the Saiga antelope: A massive 'steppe' forward in Kazakhstan
November 2009. The saiga antelope - one of the world's most threatened mammals has been hunted to the brink of extinction. Now conservationists, led by Government of Kazakhstan in partnership with the Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Kazakhstan (ACBK), the RSPB and the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), are giving this Central Asian antelope and its diverse steppe habitat renewed hope.