Pronghorn Antelope Migration
Hundreds of Pronghorn Antelope migrate between their summer habitats in Grand Teton National Park to Green River Valley in Wyoming. They’ll run at a top speed of 55 miles per hour. This 200-mile migration route is the longest land migration in the lower 48 states. They need to cross water, traverse rough terrain, and cross bottlenecks, where humans exist.
Another breed of antelope, the saiga antelope, migrates in Central Asia in large herds to find grazing grounds, following a north-south direction. Unfortunately, these antelope undergo poaching. According to researcher, Munib Khanyari, “I think poaching is not nearly at the levels reached after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Right after [that] people almost overnight lost institutional support to rear livestock, and started to kill saiga for meat and also males for their horns. Selectively harvesting males [females don’t have horns] led to population crashes, as saiga is a harem breeding species [one male mate with several females].” Fortunately, there was recently a mass breeding report in Kyrgyzstan, which means their species might increase yet again (China Dialogue).