Conservation
The Saiga Conservation Alliance was started in the early 1990s as an informal network of researchers and conservationists to study and protect the critically endangered saiga antelope. The SCA was officially inaugurated in September 2006, and in November 2006 was granted Candidate Partner status by the Wildlife Conservation Network. SCA also publishes a bi-annual newsletter with latest updates from the field and range countries.
The organization Rewilding Europe has plans for reintroducing saiga to Europe.
Among followers of traditional Chinese medicine, saiga horns can be sold for as much as $150 (see Wild Russia).
Under the auspices of the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), also known as the Bonn Convention, the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Concerning Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Use of the Saiga Antelope was concluded and came into effect 24 September 2006. Being one of the fastest population collapses of large mammals recently observed, the MoU aims to reduce current exploitation levels and restore the population status of these nomads of the Central Asian steppes.
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