Recently, there has been great concern about the declining numbers of Mongolian Saiga antelopes. However, there is good news: the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has reported that the population of the animals reached 5074 in January 2020, representing an increase of more than 1000 within a year.

There were less than 3,800 Mongolian Saiga antelopes, counted at the end of 2018, down nearly 40 percent year on year, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Several factors, including infectious diseases, harsh weather conditions and poaching, have negatively affected the growth of the population.

To help the critically endangered species overcome harsh winters, experts from the WWF have been taking desperate emergency actions, including putting a ton of additional hay or 400 bundles in the animal’s ranges over the past winter.