Prince William praises Kazakhstan's saiga antelope recovery

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPrince William told the BBC's Graham Norton Show that Kazakhstan's government threw its full weight behind saving the saiga antelope, and the numbers back him up.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe ministry says the herd grew from twenty-one thousand in two thousand three to four point six eight nine million this spring.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBartholomew Yakubu wrote the book on it. Did you see this coming?

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   Bartholomew YakubuYes. Strictly speaking, I predicted it in two thousand five, when the population was under forty thousand and everyone else was writing obituaries.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAnd you predicted the opposite as well, I hear. What was the opposite?

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   Bartholomew YakubuThat there would be too many. Strictly speaking, that is also a success.

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   Bartholomew YakubuEcologists say the herds now compete with farming and wear down pastures.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBetween July and November of twenty twenty-five, around one hundred ninety-six thousand saigas were culled. The carcasses went to domestic enterprises. Is that the opposite?

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   Bartholomew YakubuNo. Strictly speaking, it's the same thing with a receipt. You cannot process an animal that was never restored.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA herd restored in order to be processed.

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    Bartholomew YakubuStrictly speaking, that is called a supply chain.

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    Bartholomew YakubuThe Earthshot people handed the project a million pounds in twenty twenty-four. The supply chain is their thank-you card, sent in a box.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe prize was for protecting and restoring nature. I did not see a category for the second half.

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    Bartholomew YakubuThere is no category. That is why the field needs my book, available now, with these salad tongs included.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorVerdict: a conservation triumph with an invoice attached. Mr. Yakubu, your book title promises four million reasons.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPlease confirm that is the number after the cull.