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Saigas, an Endangered Antelope, Dying of Mystery Disease
In the past two weeks, more than a third of all saigas have been killed, conservationists have found.
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This is just heartbreaking.
It's one of the most bizarre and unsettling things I've read about recently, and yes, it's heartbreaking. I hope the scientific community can figure out what exactly is going on. I've never heard of wild animals dying in such numbers over such a short time, and saigas are already critically endangered. :(
Wow, this is horrible! If this disease ever makes the jump to humans, we are doomed.