Tag: captivebreeding
Workshop on artificial incubation and rearing of Bearded Vulture chicks took place in France
October 9, 2024
On 2-3 October, 2024, the beautiful Parc Animalier des Pyrénées in France ...
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Behind the scenes at the Bearded Vulture Captive Breeding Centre in Guadalentín
October 3, 2024
Since its inauguration in 1996, the Bearded Vulture Captive Breeding Centre at ...
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A Pyrenean Bearded Vulture fairytale in EEP breeding programme
July 17, 2024
In conservation, stories of triumph and resilience often emerge from the most ...
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Exceptional Bearded Vulture captive breeding success continues at Guadalentín Centre in Spain
June 29, 2024
Another successful Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) breeding season has passed at the ...
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Celebrating the return of Bearded Vultures in Sierra Nevada
June 19, 2024
The efforts to bring Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) back to Granada, Andalucia, ...
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First releases of captive-bred Bearded Vultures in Europe kick off in Southern France
May 19, 2024
The release of captive-bred Bearded Vultures into the wild in Baronnies, France, ...
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Pairing Bearded Vultures in captivity: adult male transferred from Bulgaria to be paired in Vallcalent, Spain
October 18, 2023
From Bulgaria to Spain, an adult male Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) arrived ...
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New milestone for Bearded Vulture conservation in Europe
August 28, 2023
The 2022/2023 season marked an unprecedented milestone within the Bearded Vulture Captive-Breeding ...
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Pair bonding within the Bearded Vulture Captive-Breeding Network
July 28, 2023
In ancient mythology, Greeks would call him Eros, Romans would call him ...
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EAZA Best Practice Guidelines for Cinereous Vulture
May 29, 2023
After extensive work coordinated by the Cinereous Vulture European Endangered Species Programme ...
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The Cinereous Vulture Captive Breeding Network (EEP) produced positive results in 2022
November 14, 2022
In 2022, several chicks hatched and survived within the Cinereous Vulture Captive ...
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One of the last remaining ‘founder’ Bearded Vultures has died
October 24, 2022
Sadly, last Monday, we had no choice but to bid farewell to ...
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Esperanza, the first wild-hatched Bearded Vulture in Andalusia since reintroduction project, builds its first nest
March 5, 2022
Our Bearded Vulture reintroduction project in Andalusia reached another milestone! Esperanza, the ...
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Releasing captive-bred Egyptian Vultures to the wild in Israel – is the reintroduction project working?
March 4, 2022
A recently published paper demonstrates the first signs of success in Egyptian Vulture reintroduction ...
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Breeding and rearing the first Bearded Vulture chick of 2022 in our specialized centre
February 18, 2022
It all started in autumn of last year when pairs at our ...
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Sinite Kamani National Park in Bulgaria: Recent releases of Griffon Vultures and new pair formed in the wild
February 16, 2022
Exciting news for the Griffon Vulture at Sinite Kamani National Park – ...
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Saving Bearded Vultures in Southern Africa through a captive breeding programme – the success of 2021
February 15, 2022
Without any breeding pairs of Bearded Vultures in captivity, attaining chicks in ...
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The Bearded Vulture egg-laying season in captivity started very early on this time!
December 9, 2021
The first Bearded Vulture egg of the new captive breeding season has ...
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Overview of the Annual Bearded Vulture Meeting 2021
December 7, 2021
Every year, we at the Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF) bring together over ...
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Bearded Vulture pairs in captivity are already busy with the new breeding season
November 17, 2021
The previous Bearded Vulture captive breeding season was longer than usual and ...
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