Tag: egyptianvulture
Happy New Year Tizón!
January 2, 2015
Tizón – the Egyptian vulture tagged on the 24th September in Extremadura, ...
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Tizón is spending Xmas in Senegal!
December 23, 2014
Tizón – the Egyptian vulture tagged on the 24th September in the ...
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EMA says veterinary diclofenac does pose a risk to European vultures, and suggests a number of solutions, including a ban of the drug – what next?
December 18, 2014
(Photo Simon Littlejohn/VCF) The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published last weekend ...
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Egyptian vulture tagged in Eastern Turkey overwinters in Kenya
December 7, 2014
In the summer of 2014, researchers from the University of Utah and ...
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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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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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Tizón has been enjoying Mali
November 1, 2014
After crossing the Sahara desert over Mauritania, Tizón seems to be enjoying ...
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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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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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NATURE reports on diclofenac, other veterinary drugs and vultures
October 17, 2014
http://www.nature.com/news/poisoned-vulture-could-herald-european-bird-crisis-1.16161 The recently published evidence about the death of a griffon vulture ...
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Ouf – still alive! Tizón the Egyptian vulture is already in Mali!
October 15, 2014
After an anxious waiting of several days for a signal from its ...
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VCF submits reasoned opinion for the public consultation on veterinary diclofenac
October 8, 2014
The Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF) has been leading a campaign together with ...
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