![]() Its wetlands are a stopover for 10 million migratory birds, such as the rare sociable lapwing and the Siberian crane.įollowing decades of poaching, habitat loss, and disease, saiga were pushed to the brink of extinction. This vast grassland is where wild ass graze, wolves hunt and eagles soar. It once roamed with woolly rhino and mammoth but unlike the bigger more famous herbivores, this blast from the past is still with us today and playing a critical role on Kazakhstan’s Altyn Dala or 'Golden Steppe'. The Ice Age antelope we speak of is the saiga. After a few nervous moments, the shaggy herd of Ice Age antelope return to their grazing, breath bellowing out like smoke from their floppy noses as it hits the ice-cold air. The dull thuds of hooves on frozen earth stop silent as big dark eyes scan the horizon. A solitary wolf howls, a thousand ears prick up. ![]()
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