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NATURE reports on diclofenac, other veterinary drugs and vultures
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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New paper published with first reported case of a griffon vulture being killed by a veterinary drug in Spain
Photo VCF On the same day that a EU public consultation on ...
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VCF submits reasoned opinion for the public consultation on veterinary diclofenac
The Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF) has been leading a campaign together with ...
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Veterinary diclofenac in Europe – we know what it did to India´s vultures & there is an alternative – so WHY?
This is indeed the question that tens of thousands of concerned citizens ...
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Vultures in Europe – a future foretold?
Vultures – a future foretold. Frontiers in Ecology Vultures a future foretold.pdf ...
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Significant breakthrough in the battle to ban veterinary diclofenac – Europe announces a Public Consultation.
Diclofenac is a veterinary anti-inflammatory drug that kills vultures and eagles – ...
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New review article on the effects of lead on wildlife published. Lead poisoning is a significant threat to vultures – VCF is working on the matter
Lead (Pb) is a metabolic poison that can negatively influence biological processes, ...
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International Vulture Awareness Day is this weekend. Let´s all celebrate vultures!
This weekend will see another International Vulture Awareness Day (see http://www.vultureday.org/2014/) – ...
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Poison – the silent killer. Unseen, undetected and underreported, poison is nevertheless here, as some figures recently released in Spain show
Photo Inigo Fajardo/VCF Vulture conservationists, researchers and enthusiast all know this – ...
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Vet diclofenac in Europe- While the EU Commission drags its feet; the issue remains very much alive in the minds of Europeans.
The EU commission has recently clarified that it WILL send a request ...
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Breeding population of Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus in Serbia slowly increasing
The 2014 griffon vulture population in Serbia totalled between 138 and 144 ...
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VCF new poster – griffon vulture reintroduction in the Balkans
The VCF has produced a poster about the remarkable results of the ...
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Vultures & diclofenac in today´s Tages Anzeiger (in German)
Diclofenac & Vultures in Today´s Tages Anzeiger 2014-0718TagesAnzeiger.pdf Adobe Acrobat Document 729.4 ...
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IUCN Director-General adds her voice to the VCF campaign to ban veterinary diclofenac
Veterinary diclofenac has caused a 99% decline in the once formidable vulture ...
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The Wildlife Conservation Society, the Society for Conservation Biology & the British Veterinary Zoological Society all alert to the dangers of diclofenac
Leading conservation and veterinary organisations repeat what the VCF has been saying ...
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New evidence published today shows that veterinary diclofenac kills eagles too
This drug is now ‘a global problem’ threatening many vulnerable birds of ...
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Listen to an interview with the VCF on diclofenac on Radio New Zealand
Podcast – interview with Radio New Zealand Interview Radio New Zealand.mp3 MP3 ...
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New film: Commissioner Borg, please ban veterinary diclofenac!
The VCF, together with BirdLife International, asks Commissioner Borg to take urgent ...
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VCF is supporting Turkey´s only regularly functioning vulture feeding station
Turkey has significant vulture populations, but also many threats. Electrocution and poison ...
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Diclofenac in Europe – the battle rages on!
Some progress, some setbacks, some plans. The VCF is continuing to lead ...
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