The Almaty Zoo has seen a new addition – two calves were born to female saigas named Stella and Aina. This was reported by the city's Department of Culture.

The saiga (Saiga tatarica) is one of the oldest representatives of the animal kingdom, having survived since the Ice Age. Today, this species is protected and holds a special conservation status.

According to specialists, the saiga calves are feeling well, are actively developing, and remain close to their mothers. They are currently nursing on milk and will gradually transition to a plant-based diet as they grow older.

The Almaty Zoo is among the few zoological institutions that manage to regularly produce saiga offspring in captivity. Specialists note that this is an important outcome of efforts to conserve the rare species and maintain biological diversity.

The calves are now about a month old. They are under constant observation by veterinary specialists and are developing in accordance with age-appropriate norms.

Visitors to the zoo can already see the young saiga calves and observe one of the rarest inhabitants of the Kazakh steppes.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/almaty/press/news/details/1246343?lang=ru