Tag: 2020-02
A vulture conservation disaster: over 600 vultures dead across Guinea-Bissau with death toll continually increasing
Hundreds of vultures have been found dead this week in Guinea-Bissau (Guiné-Bissau), …
Watch what it takes to breed a Bearded Vulture in captivity
Captive breeding can play a vital role for conservation programmes of rare …
The VCF at the CoP13 of the Convention for Migratory Species
Vultures, vultures, vultures! The 2,500 participants in the biggest ever Conference of the …
The Griffon Vultures in the Eastern Rhodopes reached nearly 100 pairs
The LIFE Re-Vultures project team from the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) counted …
Vulture winter wonderland in the ‘Sinite Kamani’ Nature Park
Up in the Balkan Mountains, where the Vultures Back To LIFE adaptation aviaries are, …
The latest addition to the captive Bearded Vulture family – say hello to BG1057
Yesterday, on Friday 21 February 2020, the Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF) rejoiced …
Research review: New study demonstrates that human-modified landscapes increase mortality risk for Griffon Vultures
New research led by Eneko Arrondo (Donana Biological Station-CSIC) and Ana Sanz-Aguilar (Animal …
Vulture MsAP Strategic Implementation Plan Launched
The Vulture Conservation Foundation took part at the Thirteenth Conference of Parties to …
How LIFE GypConnect is reintroducing the Bearded Vulture to Baronnies
The LIFE GYPCONNECT project aims to reintroduce a population of Bearded Vultures into the …
Griffon Vulture pair laid a second egg in Green Balkans’ centre!
The Griffon Vultures at the Green Balkans’ Wildlife rehabilitation and breeding centre …
Guidelines for feeding Bearded Vultures in captivity are now also available in Bulgarian and Russian
The Bearded Vulture reintroduction programme is one of the most celebrated and …
Recent wildlife poisoning in Croatia left many animal casualties
Unfortunately, illegal wildlife poisoning struck again, this time killing wild and domestic …
Mass poisoning causes a heavy blow to the largest colony of Griffon Vultures in mainland Greece
We are devastated to report that eleven Griffon Vultures fell victim to …
Yet another Portuguese Cinereous Vulture returned to the wild after rescue and rehabilitation
On Thursday 6 February, another Cinereous Vulture returned back to its natural …
More fallow deer released in the Eastern Rhodopes to help improve the natural food availability for vultures
As of early February, another 14 fallow deer have settled in the …
Results from the first Griffon Vulture census of the decade in Cyprus
Every year, BirdLife Cyprus coordinates two large-scale Griffon Vulture surveys, one in …
The fascinating travels of the young Griffon Vulture T89
This mid-January, HOS/BirdLife Greece observed two immature Griffon vultures flying for several days on …
Sign the petition to help protect Egyptian Vultures in Aragon (Spain)
The construction and imminent commissioning of a wind farm in the Cinco …
Watch directly from the nest the Bearded Vulture pair from Valsavarenche during this breeding period
For the second season in a row, a special webcam installed by …
The Griffon Vultures at the Green Balkans’ Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre were given the chance to lay a second egg
The Griffon Vultures at the Green Balkans’ Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre were given …