Author: Eleni Karatzia

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Author: Eleni Karatzia

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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Participants at the Free Sky for Birds 2026 Conference ©Jozef Chavko, Tomáš Veselovský

Cinereous Vulture protection in the spotlight at international conference on mitigating power line impacts 

The LIFE Aegypius Return project presented the diplomatic and scientific approach adopted ...
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Bearded Vulture Captive-Breeding Officer

We are hiring a Bearded Vulture Captive-Breeding Officer in Lleida, Spain

Do you have hands-on experience working with animals and want to contribute ...
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Griffon Vulture in flight © Hansruedi Weyrich

From impunity to consequences: how the Balkans are fighting back against illegal wildlife poisoning  

A new case study documents how a group of nine organizations is ...
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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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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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Bearded Vulture BG006 cover

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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job project officer vcf

We are hiring a Project Officer

Are you passionate about wildlife conservation? Do you want to be part ...
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poisoned griffon vulture illustrative_VCF

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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