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LIFE Balkan GriffON brings stakeholders together in Zagori for its first kick-off meeting in Greece

The stakeholder kick-off meeting of the LIFE Balkan GriffON project was held ...
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Two young Bearded Vultures released in the Baronnies as reintroduction efforts enter their 10th year

On 22 May 2026, two captive-bred Bearded Vulture chicks were released at ...
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Meet Insa and Iberis, the latest Bearded Vultures released in Maestrazgo

The Maestrazgo Reintroduction Project has carried out its ninth consecutive release of ...
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Bearded Vultures released in Bulgaria for the second year running

Two young Bearded Vultures were recently released in the Sinite Kamani Nature ...
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Cyprus adopts National Action Plan Against Poisoning

Cyprus has formally approved a National Action Plan Against Poisoning, a significant ...
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LIFE Rhodope Vulture welcomes five Cinereous Vultures from Spain

The LIFE Rhodope Vulture restocking programme welcomed five Spanish Cinereous Vultures. The ...
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Wildlife at risk: What media reports reveal about poaching in Romania

Romania is home to some of Europe’s most significant wildlife, like large ...
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GPS transmitter and identification ring of a dead vulture on a table

One White-backed vulture lost to the dangerous crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar

One of the two White-backed Vultures tagged in Morocco at the beginning ...
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Successful antipoaching operation in Serbia: suspect arrested for poisoning a Cinereous Vulture

In an impressive anti-poaching operation, the Niš Police Directorate arrested a man ...
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The male Valat was placed in one of the nests located on the hacking site © Olivier Prohin - PNC

First Bearded Vultures released at new site in the Massif Central

A new chapter begins for the reintroduction of the Bearded Vulture in ...
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A dangerous windfarm planned in the heart of Eastern Rhodopes

A planned wind energy project in the Krumovgrad (Natura 2000) area of ...
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Cazorla welcomes two Bearded Vultures in Andalusia’s 20th release season

The 2026 release season got underway on Thursday, May 7, with two ...
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White-Backed vulture hold on a table and fitted with a GPS

Critically Endangered White-Backed vultures tagged in Morocco moving to Spain 

Vulture Rehabilitation Centre JBel Moussa in Morocco recently tagged two Critically Endangered White-Backed vultures ...
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Servals and savannah cats are now among the top five most commonly rescued exotic animals in Spain and Europe.

Liked to death: How Europe’s love of wild pets is fuelling wildlife crime

Most Europeans say they care deeply about wildlife. So why are they ...
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BalkanDetox LIFE comes to an end

Today, 30 April 2026, is the official closing date of the BalkanDetox ...
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25 Himalayan Griffon Vultures poisoned in India

25 Himalayan vultures found dead in Lakhimpur Kheri – Uttar Pradesh’s Dudhwa ...
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Building the foundation for the return of the Cinereous Vulture in Croatia

BIOM association organised a stakeholders’ workshop, co-funded by the LIFE Rhodope Vulture ...
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LIFE Aegypius Return visit to the Carrascalinho viewpoint, Douro Internacional Nature Park ©VCF

Douro International hosts the fifth LIFE Aegypius Return partners meeting and project evaluation visit 

The Iberian project for the conservation of the Cinereous Vulture enters its ...
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CMS COP15: Key takeaways, vultures and wildlife crime

The 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species ...
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Learning from Spanish expertise: LIFE SUPport hosts an important police training workshop on wildlife crime

The LIFE SUPport project hosted a WildLIFE Crime Academy training workshop dedicated ...
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