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Photograph by Andrey Gilev and Karina Karenina of a female saiga antelope drinking at a watering hole on the Stepnoi Reserve in Spring 2015.
Photograph by Andrey Gilev and Karina Karenina of a male saiga antelope on the Stepnoi Reserve in Spring 2015.
At least 3,000 specimen of the critically endangered saiga
antelope were found dead in central and northern Kazakhstan, local
authorities reported Saturday.
About 1,500 dead animals were found on the shores of the Tengiz
Lake, while the rest died in the steppe area away from the water,
the Kazakh Environmental Protection Ministry said in a
statement.
The death toll may increase as more dead saiga are discovered,
the ministry said.
It remained unclear what killed the animals. Local environmental
experts were working to establish the causes of the die-off, the
ministry said.