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What is the Bearded Vulture European Endangered Species Programme?

Asters Specialized Breeding Centre, Haute-Savoie, France We are 10 days into our ...
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Captive-bred Egyptian vultures released in Italy found dead in Sicily and Tunisia during their migration to wintering grounds

Egyptian vulture Bianca found dead in Tunisia in September 2018 Two young ...
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Meet GypHelp BG 973 – a Bearded Vulture On The Move

Born in the wild, at Bargy, French Alps, in 2017, this bird ...
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Volunteers needed to count Europe’s rarest vulture on International Observation Day Saturday 6 October

Running since 2006 and organised by by the International Bearded Vulture Monitoring ...
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12 more griffon vultures released in Sardinia to boost the local population

Twelve more griffon vultures are flying in the Sardinian skies. On Thursday, ...
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Help us get BEARDED VULTURES ON THE MOVE with our first ever public fundraising campaign

Right now, the VCF and our partners are reintroducing or restocking bearded ...
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Reintroduction of cinereous vultures in Bulgaria – what is happening with the three birds released?

It’s been a month since Riga, Boyan and Ostrava, Bulgaria’s first young ...
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Captive-bred bearded vultures released in Baronnies doing well

Clapas, Drumana and Simay at a feeding station Three months have passed ...
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Happy ending for Portuguese cinereous vulture pair that lost chick to fire last year

Cinereous vulture chick fledging in the Douro International Natural Park After losing ...
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Significant progress for anti-poison work in Bosnia and Herzegovina

An important step towards establishing a National Anti-Poisoning Working Group in Bosnia ...
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Captive-bred Egyptian vultures released in Bulgaria now on the move!

Like everywhere, the Egyptian vultures in the eastern part of the species´ ...
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Vultures at risk from changes to regulations in Spain’s Asturias region

The regional government of the Asturias region of Spain recently passed a ...
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What killed bearded vulture Palanfré?

Palanfré, a captive-bred female bearded vulture released as part of our Alpine ...
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A great breeding season for Balkan Griffon vultures

Following last summer’s success, this year’s fledging of 62 young vultures represents ...
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Research summary for August

In this month’s research update we summarize articles on the wildlife poisoning ...
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Visitor to feeding station surprises staff at Monte Velino Reserve

Rarely seen in the Italian skies since they were declared extinct in ...
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Egyptian vultures are migrating to Africa!

August has just finished and most of the Egyptian vultures breeding in ...
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One less Egyptian vulture in the Balkans – and what an horrible death!

Working to save the injured Egyptian vulture An adult Egyptian vulture was ...
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why are vultures important

Why are vultures important?

Vultures may not be the prettiest of birds: they are often reviled ...
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LIFE Re-Vultures – Conserving Griffon and Cinereous vultures in the Balkans

Populations of vultures drastically decreased in the Balkans over the course of ...
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