Беш-Таш

In May 2022, 35 elks were brought to the national reserve ‘Besh-Tash’ in Talas region from Altai. Elks, like snow leopards, are totem animals of the Kyrgyz and are deeply respected by the people. Therefore, the arrival of elks was taken very positively. But in terms of the science, it was not so amazing. The Altai subspecies of elks may become the reason for disappearance of the Tien Shan elk, the indigenous inhabitant of the lands of Kyrgyzstan.

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