Category: News
Unlikely heroes behind the bearded vulture captive breeding programme – Andreas Eder and the animal transport van from Schönbrunn Zoo
June 27, 2017
There are now more than 40 bearded vulture pairs in the Alps, ...
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Black vulture shows up in the eastern Alps
June 26, 2017
Once widespread throughout southern Europe, the black vulture now has a disjunct ...
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The bearded vulture in Corsica in 2017: 4 pairs and no breeding in the wild, but the young released as part of the restocking programme doing well
June 25, 2017
This year the bearded vulture population in Corsica comprised 4 breeding pairs, ...
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Der Falke special edition on vultures now available to order
June 24, 2017
A special edition of the German bird magazine “Der Falke”, totally focussed ...
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Griffon vultures are breeding again in Cyprus and recolonised area not used for years
June 23, 2017
Following a string of bad news – some poisoning incidents and no ...
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Barcelona Zoo sent 3 captive-bred griffons for the vulture reintroduction project in Bulgaria
June 22, 2017
The Zoo of Barcelona donated three young male griffon vultures for the ...
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Adult bearded vulture rescued and re-released back to the wild in the French Alps
June 21, 2017
On the 5th of June, a female adult bearded vulture – named ...
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Guidelines for feeding bearded vultures in captivity are now also available in French
June 20, 2017
100 years after going extinct in the Alps, the bearded vulture is ...
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Observarribas is here!
June 18, 2017
The 1st edition of Observarribas, a festival of bird watching and outdoor ...
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New paper on guidelines for evaluation and treatment of lead poisoning of wild raptors
June 17, 2017
Lead poisoning is a threat to birds, particularly scavenging birds of prey, ...
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Looking for (bearded vulture) Kilian
June 15, 2017
Kilian is an immature bearded vulture released in Austria in 2014 (Hohe ...
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Two adult Egyptian vultures have been captured and tagged in the Douro – another great milestone in the LIFE RUPIS project
June 14, 2017
In the late afternoon of the 12th June, a team from the ...
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What have Jana and Tempestosa, the two griffons tagged in Sardinia, been up to?
June 12, 2017
The young female griffon vultures that have been released the 9th of ...
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Two more bearded vultures released yesterday in Andalusia
June 9, 2017
This year a total of 6 bearded vultures will be released in ...
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Saving the bearded vulture in Corsica – Luna and Ercu released last weekend
June 7, 2017
Last Sunday the 3rd of June, two young bearded vultures born within ...
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Diet of Egyptian vulture in Sicily
June 6, 2017
A new paper researching the Dietary habits of Egyptian vultures in Sicily ...
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Two young Spanish bearded vultures will be released in the Swiss Mountains today
June 5, 2017
For the third year in a row, two young bearded vultures will ...
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5 more bearded vultures released back into the wild yesterday by VCF and its partners – 2 in Vercors (Pre-Alps), 2 in Corsica and 1 in Andalucia
June 4, 2017
This year the VCF and its partners are hoping to release 18 ...
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Adult Egyptian vulture released in the Douro after being found weakened
June 2, 2017
On May 29, a weakened adult Egyptian vulture was picked up by ...
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Great news from Andalusia – the two breeding pairs of bearded vulture continue to raise their young in Cazorla!
June 1, 2017
Last January we were very happy to announce that a second bearded ...
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