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AUTHOR: Inga Sieg
PUBLISHER: Deutsche Welle
Web: http://multimedia.dw.com/the-mysterious-mass-die-off-of-saiga-antelopes-in-kazakhstan
PICTURE COPYRIGHT: Deutsche Welle
Saigas in distress - The mystery of the dead antelopes
About the Report
In May 2015, the terrible news broke: More than 200,000 saiga antelopes had died on the vast Kazakh steppe. The reason was unclear. But whatever it was, it wiped out 90 percent of the population. It was a catastrophe for a species already threatened with extinction through poaching.
