Saiga Deaths in Kazakhstan a 'Catastrophe'

    Around 12,000 endangered Saiga antelopes have died in an apparent epidemic in Kazakhstan, an official said on Wednesday, calling it a "catastrophe" for the rare breed.     "Around 12,000 Saigas have been found dead," the head of the sanitary and epidemiological department in West Kazakhstan, Serik Imanukulov, told AFP.     "This situation with the...