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Author: Eleni Karatzia

Spanish Griffon Vultures in acclimatisation aviary in Cyprus

14 Spanish Griffon Vultures arrive in Cyprus to help save the critically endangered local population

Good news from Cyprus, as 14 Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus) originally from ...
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Bearded Vulture_Bruno Berthemy

LIFE Gyp’Act Project: restoring the Bearded Vulture metapopulation between the Alps and the Pyrenees 

The LIFE Gyp’Act conservation project aims to consolidate the Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus ...
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World Wildlife Day: Celebrating partnerships for conservation and 50 years of CITES

  On World Wildlife Day, let us praise the collective efforts of ...
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Bearded Vulture chick BG-1165 hatching © JaviLBN2023 - Javierlobonrovira.com

From hatching to adoption: Meet the newest Bearded Vulture chick at our Vallcalent breeding unit

The wait is over – after weeks of anticipation, the first chick ...
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EVC change of dates

Change of dates for the European Vulture Conference 2023

Attention to all interested in participating in the upcoming European Vulture Conference ...
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Griffon Vulture colony Bulgaria_FWFF

The new breeding season starts for reintroduced Griffon and Cinereous Vultures in Bulgaria

Exciting news as the breeding season has started for Griffon Vultures and ...
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Installing electric fences in Greece to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts and illegal wildlife poisoning © WWF Greece

Greece: Electric fences to save vultures from unintentional poisoning

How can electric fences support vulture recovery? Vultures face a significant threat ...
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Use of lead ammunition became illegal around wetlands across the EU

EU bans the use of lead ammunition in wetlands

From 15 February 2023 onwards, the use of lead ammunition became illegal ...
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pair in the nest

The breeding season started for Cinereous Vultures in the International Douro Valley, Portugal | LIFE Aegypius Return

The only two Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) breeding pairs in the International ...
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First African White-backed Vulture fitted with GPS transmitter in Spain and Europe

GPS-tagged African White-backed Vulture vastly explores the Iberian Peninsula

The African White-backed Vulture, tagged in Spain in December 2021, has been ...
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Bearded Vulture Eglazine recently photographed in Germany © Uwe Staehler

Bearded Vulture Eglazine winters in Germany

The Bearded Vulture Eglazine continues to surprise us as she winters in ...
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Journey of wandering Cinereous Vulture suddenly ends in Iran

Sad news: the life of Cinereous Vulture Dzhuranli, a vast traveller, was ...
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The flight of one of the four Egyptian vultures released in May 2022 © LIFE Egyptian Vulture

Egyptian Vulture in Italy: restocking efforts and an unfortunate death by electrocution

Conservationists have been releasing captive-bred Egyptian Vultures in Italy for years now ...
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Bearded Vulture/ Maestrazgo project © Javier Blasco

Update on the Bearded Vulture reintroduction project in Maestrazgo

The project to bring the Bearded Vulture back to Maestrazgo is making good progress ...
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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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