Environment

Lukoil takes aim at saiga salvation

Once present throughout Eurasia, saiga antelope turned a nuisance for Soviet agriculture, with the country even designing a weapon to kill them

Saiga saga: Saiga antelope at the Stepnoy Sanctuary in the Astrakhan region in Russia and a mass produced Saiga rifle, designed in the Soviet Union to kill it
Saiga saga: Saiga antelope at the Stepnoy Sanctuary in the Astrakhan region in Russia and a mass produced Saiga rifle, designed in the Soviet Union to kill itPhoto: WIKIPEDIA/COLLAGE UPSTREAM
  • Vladimir Afanasiev
Moscow
Published 19 March 2020, 10:29Updated 19 March 2020, 10:29
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