There is good news about an increasing population of saiga antelope in Govi-Altai province of Mongolia in recent years.  Unfortunately, poaching is still the most immediate threat to wild life today.

The Environmental Crime Division of the Police Department were warned about crimes of poaching saiga antelope in large numbers for their horns and entering into the Chinese black market.

More cases against poaching Mongolia’s wild life includes the trading of snow leopard are being registered to this division of the police. Authorities are making efforts to save and protect endangered snow leopards because only 800 of the species are estimated to exist in Mongolia.