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More than 120,000 Saiga antelopes (Saiga tatarica tatarica) have died in Central Kazakhstan since 10 May 2015. An information summary from 28 May 2015 is provided by the Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan via:
http://www.iucn-whsg.org/SaigaAntelopeDie-Off