Saigas emigrated from Kazakhstan to the Volgograd region and outraged farmers with their behavior.
Due to mass shooting In Kazakhstan The saigas crossed the border and decided to stay. in the Volgograd region for permanent residence. This didn't please the farmers, and it worried the Regional Duma's Environmental Council.
According to farmers, saigas have already caused significant damage to fields by eating and trampling winter crops. However, nothing can be done about them: the saiga (an endangered antelope) has been listed in the Russian Red Data Book since 1996, and its hunting is prohibited. Hunters are hunting saigas. get real prison terms and hefty fines.
The Environmental Council meeting was dedicated to the problem of "new settlers".
"Our efforts must be directed, first and foremost, at maintaining ecological balance and making comprehensive decisions that will not threaten the existence of a species that was recently on the brink of extinction."- noted the the head of the Ecological Council is at the council Irina Solovieva.
According to her, until recently, saigas served a useful purpose: they ate weeds, thereby inhibiting their growth. But with the arrival of the saigas in the region, they switched to crop fields.
"Our task is to prevent this change in feeding behavior so that animals remain in their natural habitat and do not harm farmers. This work must be carried out exclusively with the involvement of the scientific community.", Solovieva concluded.
According to some sources, only in the Leninsky district About 9,000 saigas have settled here. Only biologists are happy about their arrival.
Meanwhile, in the neighboring Astrakhan region poachers already the hunt has begun on the saiga.
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