Weather has been named the cause of the loss of almost 60 percent of the world’s saiga population back in May 2015 according to a recent study.
During an uncommonly warm and wet spell in Kazakhstan, it is believed the microbes in the animal’s large snout, that is similar to an antelope, turned poisonous because they were living in what was described as a foggy soup.
Once the disease hit a herd, other members died within a matter of days.