Category: News
First-ever captive breeding of the endangered Canary Islands Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus majorensis
December 9, 2013
The Egyptian vulture is a globally endangered species, which has been declining ...
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Griffon vulture released in Bulgaria shows up in France
December 3, 2013
For the first time ever, a griffon vulture released in Bulgaria, as ...
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Another mass poisoning of vultures in Africa – 37 white-backed vultures dead in Zululand, South Africa
November 29, 2013
In recent years there have been increasing reports of widespread use of ...
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Young Egyptian vultures from the Balkans suffer high loss during their first migration – would they fare differently if they travelled with adults? Data suggests that the overland route
November 28, 2013
As part of the LIFE+ project “The return of the Neophron” (LIFE10 ...
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Bearded vulture shot and killed in the French Pyrénées Atlantiques
November 27, 2013
One would think that direct persecution and the shooting of vultures was ...
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The bearded vulture breeding season has just started!
November 25, 2013
During the lasts weeks almost all pairs of bearded vultures in the EEP (ex-situ ...
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New scientific paper uncovers significant decline in Southern Africa’s bearded vultures
November 25, 2013
A recently published paper (Krűger et al, 2013, Bird Conservation International: Trends in ...
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VCF and Junta de Andalucía work together to help the griffon restocking project in Bulgaria
November 22, 2013
Following a request from the NGO Green Balkans, who is leading a ...
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Black vulture shot in Lebanon. Middle East continues to be a sink for vultures and other soaring birds
November 18, 2013
The indiscriminate, widespread and intense killing of vultures, eagles and other birds ...
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Celebrating the comeback of the mountain king in the Annual Bearded Vulture Meeting
November 15, 2013
Exactly one hundred years (and eleven days, to be more precise…) after ...
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The 2013 annual bearded vulture meeting in Aosta was a great success
November 15, 2013
The 2013 annual bearded vulture meeting in the regional news (in Italian). ...
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Spain gives 6 more black vultures to the French reintroduction project VCF organised the logistics and the transport
November 5, 2013
Six black vultures (Aegypius monachus) were transported this weekend by a team from ...
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Summer is just over – but for bearded vultures the breeding season is now starting!
November 1, 2013
The fall migration is still in full swing, but for bearded vultures ...
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Black Vulture reintroduction project in France register more successes – first breeding in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region!
October 31, 2013
The Black Vulture is the only vulture species that went extinct in ...
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SEO/BirdLife develops precious tool in the fight against poison
October 29, 2013
The use of poisoned bait is one of the predator-control methods most ...
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More Rüppell’s Vultures Gyps rueppellii seen in Portugal
October 23, 2013
Following the tagging of a Rüppell’s vulture in Portugal last June (see ...
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VCF founder receives Dutch Royal distinction
October 15, 2013
The Dutch royal family has granted Mr. Jan Louwman and Mrs. Hanneke ...
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The Egyptian vulture population in Andalusia stabilizes at 25 pairs
October 11, 2013
The Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación del Territorio of the Junta de Andalucía has informed ...
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Results of the annual census of summering Griffon Vultures in the Alps are out: 1800+ birds!
October 9, 2013
Griffon vultures are gregarious birds, with both breeding and non-breeding vultures usually ...
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