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Author: Eleni Karatzia

Monsanto's gps transmitter

Recapping the movements of Cinereous Vulture Monsanto | LIFE Aegypius Return

After following the Cinereous Vulture Monsanto from Portugal for 16 months, his ...
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The chick BG1159 being fed by the Bearded Vulture female © RFZ

The first Bearded Vulture chick of the new season has hatched

We welcome the first European Bearded Vulture chick of the new 2022/23 ...
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Shocking cases of illegal shooting with Griffon Vultures

Unsettling news from Europe and the Middle East, with several shooting incidents ...
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Cinereous Vultures in the newly rebuilt nest (image taken from a distance, through a telescope) © LPN

First maintenances of Cinereous Vulture nests in Portugal bring promising results | LIFE Aegypius Return

With the first maintenance of Cinereous Vulture nests, the LIFE Aegypius Return team has ...
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Young Bearded Vulture in flight_Nello Petito

Pyrenees and Alps: 99 Bearded Vultures fledged in 2022

The 2021/22 breeding season was very successful, as 99 juvenile Bearded Vultures ...
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One of the poisoned Bonelli’s Eagles © Game and Fauna Service

A first for Cyprus: €21,000 fine imposed for illegal wildlife poisoning

For the first-ever time in Cyprus, prosecuting authorities issued a €21,000 fine ...
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cinereous vulture dead in greece

Cinereous Vulture reintroduced in Bulgaria dead in Greece

On the last day of 2022, the Cinereous Vulture ‘Praha-Liberec,’ reintroduced in ...
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Michel Terrasse

Michel Terrasse (1938-2023)

There are (many) prominent vulture conservationists across the world. And there IS ...
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BalkanDetox LIFE Animation video illegal wildlife poisoning

BalkanDetox LIFE Animation video: It’s time to stop illegal wildlife poisoning

A new animation video produced by the Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF) within ...
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griffon vulture released in Sardinia - 2022 - forestas - Mauro Sanna

Two captive-bred Griffon Vultures from Holland released in Sardinia

Two Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus) raised in captivity in Holland were recently ...
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Cinereous Vultures reintroduced in Bulgaria © Green Balkans

Hunters prosecuted in Hungary for wildlife crime

Four hunters were caught and prosecuted in Hungary for wildlife crime following ...
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Vulture conservation achievements 2022

As we reflect on the past year, we want to thank our ...
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Griffon Vulture in Sardinia feeding_LIFE Safe for Vultures

Griffon Vulture numbers continue to grow in Sardinia

The Griffon Vulture numbers in Sardinia are booming thanks to the ongoing ...
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Ambitious initiative boosts capacities in 13 countries to effectively prosecute wildlife crime

BalkanDetox LIFE key achievements of 2022

2022 has been another busy year for the BalkanDetox LIFE team, realising ...
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Cinereous-Vultures_Bruno-Berthemy-Vulture-Conservation-Foundation-banner

LIFE Aegypius Return: New project to consolidate the return of a threatened vulture species along the Portuguese and Spanish border

Almost four decades after becoming extinct as a breeding species in Portugal, ...
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Cinereous Vulture closeup_Bruno Berthemy/ Vulture Conservation Foundation

LIFE Aegypius Return: Consolidar o regresso de uma espécie de abutre ameaçada, ao longo da fronteira portuguesa e espanhola

Quase quatro décadas após se ter extinguido em Portugal como espécie nidificante, ...
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first egg bearded vulture season 2022 2

The first Bearded Vulture egg of the new breeding season is already here

The old Bearded Vulture pair in Austria has laid the first egg ...
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Aïnat and Sombra copulating start of bearded vulture breeding season

An inside look into the start of the Bearded Vulture breeding season in captivity

Unlike most European bird species that breed in spring, the Bearded Vulture ...
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#GivingTuesday Cinereous Vultures linkard

This #GivingTuesday, please help Cinereous Vultures

This #GivingTuesday, we need to raise funds to transfer Cinereous Vultures from ...
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Cinereous Vultures in Extremadura already started rebuilding nests burned by summer fire

Cinereous Vultures are returning to the area burned over the summer at ...
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