Category: News
Scientific community suggest that weak environmental assessments of veterinary drugs undermine regulations and can cause a vulture ecological disaster
December 5, 2014
A few days before the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is due to ...
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Burkina Faso? No thanks – let me go back to my preferred spot in Mali – or the incredible voyage of Tizón, the young Egyptian vulture
December 3, 2014
Tizón – the Egyptian vulture tagged on the 24th September in the ...
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On vultures, rotting food, and nasty germs – new research on the bacteria living on vultures
December 1, 2014
(c) Bruno Berthemy – European Griffon and Black Vulture feeding on a ...
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34 griffon vultures are on their way from Extremadura (Spain) to Bulgaria, to be released in the Stara Planina Mountains
November 28, 2014
The griffon vultures – mostly juveniles – are all birds that entered ...
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Vultures need you – please write to your MEPs about veterinary diclofenac
November 25, 2014
As the deadline for a final decision by the EU Commission on ...
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Tizón does a left turn – he is now on the border with Burkina Faso!
November 24, 2014
Tizón does a left turn – he is now on the border ...
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New paper makes recommendations regarding the management of vulture feeding stations to benefit endangered species
November 19, 2014
Providing food for vultures in vulture feeding stations (also called vultures restaurants) ...
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Vultures (and other things!) galore at Turkey feeding station
November 18, 2014
Turkey´s only regularly functioning vulture feeding station continues to surprise us: over ...
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One step closer to ban vet diclofenac in the EU – CMS makes landmark political decision on the matter and recommends its prohibition
November 16, 2014
The last few weeks saw vulture conservation score a few points against ...
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Tizón moves further south – he is now close to Bamako
November 14, 2014
Tizón- the young Egyptian vulture tagged on the 24th September in the ...
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Breaking news – Pair of bearded vultures build nest in Cazorla, 30 years after the last nesting in the wild
November 12, 2014
Staff from the Junta de Andalucia have confirmed that a pair of ...
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Record year in the bearded vulture alpine reintroduction project: 31 territories and 19 young fledged in the wild, the highest ever
November 10, 2014
Annual meeting of theproject partners celebrated this remarkable comeback and planned the ...
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Tizón has been enjoying Mali
November 1, 2014
After crossing the Sahara desert over Mauritania, Tizón seems to be enjoying ...
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Bearded vulture captive breeding network – busy times preparing the next breeding season! Prague Zoo has just received a new adult pair
October 30, 2014
On the 14th of October a pair of bearded vultures born in ...
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New paper highlights the importance of Afar region in Ethiopia for wintering Egyptian vultures
October 29, 2014
Photo Bruno Barthémy/VCF A paper published recently in Ostrich provides evidence of ...
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Thank you to all volunteers that have joined us in the International Bearded Vulture Observation Days!
October 27, 2014
The international bearded vulture observation days took place from the 10 – ...
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The Middle-East – a sink for vultures
October 23, 2014
The news coming from the Middle–East – particularly during these days – ...
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Nature´s editorial: Europe must act to stop livestock drugs from wiping out its vulture populations
October 22, 2014
http://www.nature.com/news/toxic-influence-1.16190?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews Thank you NATURE! EU, please ban vet diclofenac!
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Significant contributions to document the impact of the trade in vulture parts for traditional medicine in Africa published
October 20, 2014
Trade on wildlife products is a major driver of biodiversity loss worldwide. ...
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Project buseu – how vultures are helping recover an abandoned village
October 18, 2014
La Aventura del Saber. Proyecto Buseu Buseu project is a great initiative ...
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