Now in the adaptation cage in the "Olkhovaya Balka" there are three females and two males. Next year it is planned to get the first offspring.

"Saigas lived in Eurasia along with mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses and saber-toothed tigers. Then their population decreased, but it was possible to meet saigas in the Kharkov region. The last mention of the saiga hunt near Chuguyev dates back to the 17th century. Then the saiga completely disappeared in Ukraine, remaining only in the reserve "Askania Nova". In 2016, a kennel for saigas was established in the Kharkov region, "the zoo.

As noted in the zoo, saigas - a unique species of antelope.

"This is the only antelope that has adapted to live in the vast expanses of the Eurasian steppe. The uniqueness lies also in the fact that the saiga creates huge herds, numbering tens of thousands of individuals and migrating to very long distances. In this case, animals can withstand frosts to minus 50 and heat up to plus 40 degrees. Due to the unusual nose-proboscis air warms in winter cold, and in hot, arid days, respiratory organs are reliably protected from sand and dust, "SQ said at the zoo.