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Author: Eleni Karatzia

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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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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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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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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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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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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First Cinereous Vulture breeding in Bulgaria's Rhodopes Mountains

Cinereous Vultures breed again in Bulgaria’s Eastern Rhodopes after 33 years

After more than three decades of absence, the Cinereous Vulture has come ...
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Examining an Egyptian Vulture © Yordanka Goranova - Lukanova, BSPB

Record of Egyptian Vultures arrive at Bulgaria’s Vulture School ahead of summer release

In early April, nine young Egyptian vultures were settled into an adaptation ...
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Bearded Vulture © Hansruedi Weyrich

French hunter sentenced after shooting reintroduced Bearded Vulture

A man in France received a suspended month sentence for shooting a reintroduced Bearded Vulture.
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The wave of poisoning incidents in the Balkans expands to the “Byala Reka” protected area in Bulgaria

Only a few days after the devastating poisoning incident that wiped out ...
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Nenúfar nursing her cubs © Guardia Civil

Hunter fined €100,800 for killing protected wildlife in Spain

A Spanish court has convicted a hunter for killing an Iberian lynx, ...
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New Lead-Free Ammunition Ambassadors. ©ANPC

LIFE Aegypius Return launches survey for hunters and game managers to assess perceptions on lead-free ammunition 

The survey precedes a series of training sessions aimed at encouraging the ...
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New group of Cinereous Vultures in the acclimatization programme ©Palombar

Third group of Cinereous Vultures begins acclimatisation in Douro Internacional, Portugal 

This initiative by the LIFE Aegypius Return project aims to strengthen the ...
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WCA-montenegro wildlife crime press conference

Montenegro shows real progress against wildlife crime

On 17 March 2026, the Centre for the Protection and Study of ...
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