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The Kuralai Alternative Livelihood project in Uzbekistan celebrates local women who are creating beautiful traditionally embroidered bags to help save saigas.
Kuralai means ‘Baby Saiga’ in Uzbek. The Kuralai embroidery project empowers women in the region, offering them training and support and enabling them to have an alternative source of income.
In remote regions of Uzbekistan high unemployment and few job opportunities mean that poaching saiga for their meat and horn can become an attractive option. With saiga meat a cheap option in local markets, women will often buy saiga meat instead of beef or mutton. Saiga horns are also known as ling yang (羚羊) and used in Traditional…