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Bearded Vulture in flight: illustrative © Hansruedi Weyrich

Info Gipeto No. 39: a milestone publication for Bearded Vulture conservation

After a four-year hiatus, the Vulture Conservation Foundation is proud to share ...
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Asu is gone: Kazakhstan’s first GPS tracked Cinereous Vulture dies in India

In February 2026, conservationists received the news they had been dreading. Asu, ...
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screenshot form the animation video produced for LIFE SUPport. Two griffon vultures near a carcass contaminated with lead. Lead chemical symbol. One vulture dead

The effect of lead poisoning illustrated in an animation

A new animation, produced by the Vulture Conservation Foundation, shows the impact ...
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dead Cinereous Vulture on the ground

Mass poisoning incident threatens the heart of the Cinereous Vulture population in the Balkans 

The Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli National Forest Park in Greece is under a serious threat. A mass ...
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several Griffon and Ruppel's vultures dead in a field in Senegal

24 vultures decapitated in a poisoning incident in Senegal

24 vultures were found poisoned and decapitated in Senegal. This is the ...
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Cinereous and Griffon Vultures ©Bruno Berthemy

How much does a windfarm cost to vultures?

A new study, published in the journal Biological Conservation, highlights the effects ...
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Griffon Vultures in the acclimatisation aviary © Foundation Conservation Carpathia

Griffon Vultures are returning to Romania after 70 years 

After a long journey, 25 young Griffon Vultures made their way from ...
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Group photo of Cohort 4 Level 1 © Vulture Conservation Foundation.

Wildlife Crime Academy trains Cohort 4 in Spain as network and reach grow

The international effort to treat wildlife crime as a serious and prosecutable ...
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BG006: The Bearded Vulture who raised a generation

Most Bearded Vultures in the Captive Breeding Network live for 30-40 years. ...
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We are hiring a Project Officer

Are you passionate about wildlife conservation? Do you want to be part ...
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Griffon Vulture in flight

Enzo and Heinz: when conservation becomes community

The life of Griffon Vulture Enzo was short, but it touched many ...
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Sneak peek into the 2025–2026 Bearded Vulture Breeding season at Vallcalent

The 2025–2026 Bearded Vulture breeding season is unfolding across Europe. As in ...
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Two adult cinereous vultures facign ech other

A Valentine ‘s pair in the Eastern Rhodopes

A few months after losing his mate, a male Cinereous Vulture finds ...
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Restoring Kvarner Islands grasslands: a lifeline for Croatia’s Griffon Vultures

The LIFE SUPport project recently published a report on the condition of ...
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Save the date IBVM 2026

Save the Date: International Bearded Vulture Meeting 2026 in Spain 

The International Bearded Vulture Meeting returns in 2026, bringing the international vulture ...
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Wildlife poisoning in France: Wolves, vultures and a climate of impunity

Across several regions of France, poison continues to be used to illegally ...
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New LIFE for Griffon Vultures in the Balkans

A new European conservation initiative, the LIFE Balkan GriffON, has officially been ...
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Artificial Cinereous Vulture nest built in the Douro Internacional colony area ©Palombar

In this destructive winter in Iberia, Cinereous Vultures have gained more nesting platforms and safer nests

The impacts of the catastrophic episodes that have ravaged Portugal and Spain ...
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Bulgarian Egyptian Vulture dies from poisoning along its migratory flyway in Yemen

The recent death of a young Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) named Kushka ...
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Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) ©Pedro Rego

Cinereous Vulture: Crowdfunding campaign launched after major fire in Douro Internacional hits target and restoration measures are implemented  

The campaign generated a wave of solidarity, and donations are helping to ...
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