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Another vulture lost to electrocution in Cyprus

Electrocution from power lines continues to pose a significant threat to the ...
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Seventeen Spanish Cinereous Vultures arrive to their new home in Bulgaria 

As part of the Bearded Vulture LIFE project, 17 Cinereous Vultures (Aegypius ...
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Three women and a man in Attiza Zoo green uniforms, posing near a golf car with a transport kennel on it.

B14 comes back home after a one-year long adventure 

Thanks to a remarkable international collaborative effort, a young female Cinereous Vulture ...
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Dead young white-tailed eagle in Sremska Rača © Goran Jević

New wave of poisoning: Birds of prey in Serbia are fighting for their survival

A year after one of Europe’s most devastating bird poisoning incidents in ...
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Historic milestone for Bearded Vultures in Andalusia: A record number of breeding pairs 

The Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) reintroduction project in Andalusia has reached a ...
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A poisoned Egyptian Vulture in Greece, a globally endangered species © Lavrentis Sidiropoulos/ HOS

Poison is still widespread in Europe – and has a huge biodiversity impact

A comprehensive study on Raptor Poisoning in Europe, which received a significant ...
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Where are the Bearded Vultures released so far in Maestrazgo, Spain? 

Once soaring freely over Maestrazgo, the Bearded Vulture (Gypeatus Barbatus) vanished from ...
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Cinereous vultures flock at a feeding ground. Two Cinereous Vultures in the front looking at the camera

LIFE Aegypius Return unlocks food reinforcement for vultures in southern Portugal 

First private unfenced feeding areas for vultures approved at Herdade da Contenda ...
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19,000 packages of banned herbicides, pesticides, and insecticides seized from suspects. © MUP

Major arrest in Serbia exposes the dark side of pesticide smuggling and its ecological impact

In a significant crackdown on the illegal pesticide trade, authorities have arrested ...
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X-ray image of Cinereous Vulture Pousio showing a large number of pellets © LxCRAS

Shooting threatens the recovery of the Cinereous Vulture in Portugal: three recently shot birds spark unified condemnation 

Among the victims were two birds tagged with GPS/GSM transmitters as part ...
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Two Cinereous vultures looking at each other, standing on rocks and grass.

Love is in the air for Cinereous Vultures in the Eastern Rhodopes

This February, in a heartening development for wildlife conservation, a new pair ...
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Natator’s release. © Fernando Sanchez

Meet Natator: the Cinereous Vulture who swam for his life between Portugal and Spain

Natator was rescued on an international mission, recovered and released back into ...
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Marie Antoinette

Joseph and Marie Antoinette – A Bearded Vulture pair like no other 

Among the many remarkable Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) pairs in our captive-breeding ...
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Cinereous Vultures and Griffon Vultures © Pilar Oliva

Unveiling European vulture survival across a continent 

The SURVIVALIST project aims to quantify the survival of three of four ...
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Three Cinereous Vultures flying

The 2025 Cinereous Vulture breeding season in Bulgaria has begun 

The 2025 breeding season for Cinereous Vultures (Aegypius monachus) in Stara Planina ...
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Recovery of the GPS/GSM transmitter of the black vulture Jacinto by teams from the Junta de Castilla y León. ©JCyL

The Cinereous Vulture Colony in the Douro International has grown, along with cross-border cooperation to protect it

Palombar, together with Portuguese and Spanish authorities, is strengthening efforts to monitor ...
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Good news for Griffon Vultures in Bulgaria 

Exciting developments are taking place for the Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus) in ...
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A dead Cinereous Vulture with gps tag laying on shrubs

Human factors dominate Cinereous Vulture mortality in the Iberian Peninsula 

The LIFE Aegypius Return project is dedicated to the conservation of the ...
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Bearded Vulture Chick @ Hansruedi Weyrich

How artificial incubation enhances Bearded Vulture breeding success 

As the Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) breeding season 2024-2025 reaches full swing, ...
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egyptian vulture bruno berthemy

Egyptian Vulture reinforcement project in Bulgaria brings promising results

For Egyptian Vultures in Bulgaria, 2024 was a year to celebrate. The ...
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