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First black vulture chick hatched in the wild in southern Portugal for more than 40 years ringed and tagged
On the 14th July the black vulture chick hatched from one of ...
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Captive breeding in the Egyptian vulture – a relevant conservation tool for future reintroduction or restocking projects?
The reintroduction of vultures to former distribution range has been a very ...
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Declaration from the workshop to develop a flyway action plan for the Egyptian vulture populations in the Balkans, Turkey, Central Asia & the Caucasus published
The declaration from the recently held workshop to develop an international species ...
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Restoring the bearded vulture across Europe – another great season! Most of the released young have now fledged
So far the VCF and its local partners have released 14 birds ...
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First bearded vulture to be born in the wild in Andalusia in the 21st century marked with GPS and rings
The first bearded vulture chick to be born in the wild in ...
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Planning towards safeguarding Egyptian vultures across the eastern Flyway (Balkans, Turkey & Central Asia, Middle East and Africa)
The VCF has this week contributed and co-facilitated a workshop to develop ...
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New success in captive breeding of the endangered Canary Islands Egyptian vulture (Guirre)
Following a world first in 2013 – the breeding in captivity of ...
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Schils is back at home – or how bearded vultures promote excellent international cooperation!
Schils, the young bearded vulture released last year in the Swiss Alps, ...
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And it is born! Black vulture chick hatches in Southern Portugal, the first such occurrence for more than 40 years in the region
In the last few days one chick finally hatched from one of ...
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Bearded vultures released in Alpi Marittime got GPS tags – and a visit by an old gentleman!
The two male young bearded vultures released on the 6th of June ...
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Six griffon vultures released back to nature in Croatia
Late last month the Croatian NGO “Grifon” released 6 young Griffon vultures, ...
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Fourteen released, one to go! One young bearded vulture released this weekend in Andalusia
The 14th young bearded vulture to be released this year in the ...
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A scatter of bearded vultures in northern Europe!
After a wild-fledged young was spotted in Holland and northern Germany last ...
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New study published yesterday shows that African vultures are declining at a critical rate, and heading towards extinction
A new paper published this week in the scientific journal Conservation Letters ...
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The problem of poisoning in the Balkans and its impact on vulture conservation debated at a workshop
The VCF has recently participated in a two-day workshop organized in Papingo ...
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Vultures INDEED return! First successful breeding of griffon vulture in the Central Balkan Mountains for more than 70 years!
Hard work usually pays off – indeed, one of those joyful momentous ...
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The bearded vulture greets the cyclists in the Critérium du Dauphiné
This cycling race – the 4th most popular in the world – ...
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Four more young bearded vultures will be released this weekend – two in Andalucía and two in the Italian Alps
So far we have released 9 young bearded vultures across Europe, in ...
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Three young bearded vultures will be released tomorrow in the Swiss Alps
Following the releases of bearded vultures in Cazorla (see here), the Grands ...
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The status of the griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) in Italy in 2014: population further increased to 135 breeding pairs
The current status of the 5 Eurasian griffon vulture populations in Italy ...
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