These Rare Antelope Face Double Jeopardy: Disease and Poaching

The saiga antelope is being poached in Central Asia. Their long and slender horns are used as traditional Asian medicine. Poachers and rangers go head to head to push their agendas as the number of antelopes decrease. These antelopes have been put on the critically endangered list after disease killed off 62% of the population in 2015. The disease and poaching have brought the antelope numbers down to a staggering 200,000, a fraction of what is was centuries ago. This is interesting because I didn't think people still used horns for medicine, sounds made up.





https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/08/saiga-antelope-poaching-disease/

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  1. AnonymousAugust 29, 2018 at 6:51 AM

    Sounds made up is true, this is very interesting because it shows that people are getting more innovated.

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