Once banned as a result of over-fishing, now there are plans for one million sturgeon a year in Siberian river

State of emergency called but locals are told they cannot shoot endangered species scavenging for food at local dump.

Extinct woolly giant was killed by early man in extreme north, insist palaeontologist ‘detectives’ as spear wound ‘proven’.

New cities and industries could be created from construction of high-speed railway and motorway routes spanning whole of country.

The bison - or buffalo - are under special protection from hunters amid rising concern over wolf attacks.

As a debate is underway on culling as many as 250,000 reindeer due to overgrazing, Research Professor Bruce C Forbes warns against some proposed solutions.

The animal is pictured at Norilsk garbage dump, a police convoy following its every move.