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Critical EU vote this Thursday to ban lead shot in wetlands – and that matters to vultures too!
Lead shot and ammunition used in hunting activities pollute the environment and ...
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Celebrate the International Vulture Awareness Day on 5 September with us!
The International Vulture Awareness Day (IVAD) is just around the corner! This coming Saturday, ...
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Research review: New study demonstrates prevalence of high lead contamination among raptors, especially scavengers, in Europe
A meta-analysis of published research from across Europe has demonstrated that obligate (vultures) ...
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Vulture Scavenger Hunt — an educational activity for children
Vultures are not the most loved creatures usually, but once people learn ...
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Electrocution and collision: Good and bad news for vultures in Castile and León, Spain
Electrocution and collision with energy infrastructure are leading causes of mortality in vultures. ...
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Portuguese Cinereous Vulture equipped with GPS tag in the nest
We here at the VCF, together with our partners Liga para a Protecção ...
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Report on wildlife poisoning in Spain between 1992-2017
A total of 21.260 animals were poisoned in 9700 different poisoning incidents ...
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First-ever Cinereous Vulture nestlings equipped with GPS tags in the Douro
The Douro Canyon is currently home to two Cinereous Vulture breeding pairs, ...
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Research reveals that Andean condors flap wings just 1% of the time
The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) has a 3-metre wingspan and weighs up ...
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More electric poles insulated in the Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria to protect vultures
Within the framework of the LIFE Re-Vultures project, four new electric poles were insulated ...
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Ecosystem service provision – what do vultures do for us and the environment?
From helping reduce CO2 emissions to providing cultural and spiritual services dating ...
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First Griffon Vulture equipped with GPS tag in Mallorca to study the natural colonisation of the species
Griffon Vultures naturally colonised Mallorca in 2008 and joined the resident Cinereous ...
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A win-win collaboration between livestock breeders and vultures in Kompsatos valley (Greece)
It has been one year now since the operation of the small-sized ...
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Vulture Research Update: November 2019 – June 2020
In this research update we provide a list of recent vulture-related research ...
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The Cinereous Vulture Riga has once again travelled to Austria
For the second year in a row, the young Cinereous Vulture Riga ...
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Last transportation of Cinereous Vultures from Spain to France for the reintroduction of the species
International collaboration and coordination takes place again in the world of vulture ...
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How GPS technology is key to securing the future of vultures
GPS tracking of big birds started in the early 90s and saw ...
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Fifteen Cinereous Vultures travel from Extremadura to Bulgaria to be reintroduced
We are one step closer to establishing a viable population of Cinereous ...
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Record number of Cinereous Vultures photographed at a LIFE Rupis feeding station in the Douro (Portugal)
The presence of Cinereous Vultures is frequent in the feeding station in ...
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Two more Cinereous Vultures released at Vrasachi Balkan in Bulgaria
The Vultures Back To LIFE project released two more Cinereous Vultures at Vrachanski Balkan ...
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