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Young saiga lay low in the grass to avoid being seen by predators

Young saiga are vulnerable but are protected within a large herd.

Mother and daughter team, Lena and Olya, dedicate their lives to protecting saiga antelope.

Working with school groups, Lena and her team encourage children to make saiga crafts, including stuffed toy saigas!

The landscape around Resurrection Island is dry, vast and unlike anywhere else on earth.

The environment around Resurrection Island has changed dramatically since the Aral Sea was drained.

The Centre for Wild Animals in Kalmykia facilitates critical scientific research into saiga ecology and behaviour

The Aral Sea has shrunk significantly in size, drying up as water was drained to use in agriculture.

Lena highlights the issue of saiga poaching at an international wildlife crime conference.

Lena stands in front of an abandoned fishing ship, no longer needed after large parts of the Aral Sea were drained.

Lena works with youth groups to ensure they learn about environmental issues.

Lena, a biologist, is determined to protect Uzbekistan's saiga antelope.

Male antelope control a harem of females, fathering all their young.

Male saiga have unusual twisted horns that are prized in traditional medicine.

Saiga give birth to one or two young, called calves, which stay hidden in the grass to avoid predators.

Lena finds evidence of poaching - this male saiga has had one horn sawn off.

Lena carries out biodiversity surveys to see what flora and fauna inhabit the area.

Lena and her team work with school children, teaching them about their natural heritage.

Lena and her team of rangers ready to look for signs of saiga antelope.

Immersive workshops in schools help children understand the threats faced by saiga across their range.

Accessing this area is difficult without good vehicles which offers some hope for saiga against poaching.

Saiga are distinctive thanks to their bizarre swollen nose, which filters dust in summer and warms air in winter.

Saiga seasonally migrate large distances throughout the year, in search of good pasture and sources of water.

What your donation can achieve

£25

can help support saiga rangers with vital field equipment to carry out their monitoring.

£50

can help prepare Resurrection Island for the developing ecological tourism programmes such as bird watching and stargazing.

£100

can help build a field base for rangers in Resurrection Island so they can stay overnight and patrol more effectively.