Protection of saigas in Kalmykia (1979)

A herd of saiga antelope in the steppe.

Grazing antelope.

Signs warning drivers about the proximity of the saiga.

The steppe landscape, the wind in the desert.

Flowers in the desert.

Saline lakes in the spring.

Steppe fauna.

A herd of saiga antelope in the steppe (above).

Grazing antelopes, lambs saiga.

Antelopes lying on the ground, the head of the saiga.

The photographer is shooting the saiga.

Saiga antelope in the steppe.

Newborn sagacho trying to get to his feet.

Sagacho goes for her mother.

Calves are believed eating grass.

The hunters are watching the saiga.

The face of one of the hunters.

A herd of saiga antelope in the steppe, hunters is watching them through binoculars.

Antelopes grazing in the steppe.

Tagging of this species.

The hunters investigate the cause of the death of one of the saiga.

Inspection white sigatoka.

White sagacho at the hands of hunters.

White sigatoka let go at will.

Scientists Central research laboratory ìglavohotaî of the RSFSR and the hunters discuss the current issues standing in the desert at the aircraft.

Flying airplane.

The hunter looks out the window.

Scientists and hunters on Board.

Running a herd of saiga antelope (top).

Antelopes grazing in the steppe.

One type of irrigation and watering channels in the Kalmyk steppe.

Photo of the saiga antelope on the steep Bank of the channel.

Photos of the mass death of saigas in the Yashkul crossing the channel in the spring of 1977.

Hunters with a camera.

Types of channel.

Crossing the channel, built for the saiga.

Antelopes running through the desert.

Pictures of saiga killed by wire fences, cultivated pastures.

The release of tangled in the wire of the saiga.

Wire fences in the desert.

The traces left in the desert by cars.

The wind in the desert, antelopes lying on the ground.

The hunters of a special unit for the protection of saiga during a tour of the site.

Car driving on the steppe.

The hunters see Zha saigas.

Saiga antelope in the steppe.

Running a herd of saiga antelope (top).

Flies the eagle.

Killed by poachers saiga.

The types of the empty courtroom, pictures of the accused poachers.

Saigas run through the desert.

Photos of the first head of a special unit for the protection of the saiga W. Knakis.

Flowers in the desert.

A memorial stone in the place of a mortal wound the Knakis poachers.

The hunters are watching the saiga antelope through binoculars.

Grazing in the steppe, the saiga, the head of the saiga.

The duty of the operational group of Rangers at work examining map saiga movements.

Grazing in the steppe saiga.

Steppe landscape at sunset.

The Rangers around the campfire in the desert.

Burning fire.

One of the inspectors oversees the saiga antelope through binoculars.

Sagacho with his mother in the desert.

A herd of antelopes.

Ohotinspektoram wears night-vision goggles, sits behind the wheel.

Steppe landscape at sunset, saiga antelope on the horizon.