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Bearded vultures in the Alps – come to Passy (Haute Savoie) next weekend (12th November) to participate in one of several public events
Asters, our local host for the 2017 annual bearded vulture meeting, is ...
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Finally flying – the harrowing story of the young bearded vulture Mison
Mison can finally fly free in the mountains – but this 6 ...
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Three captive bearded vultures die because of West Nile virus – a serious threat for the International Bearded Vulture captive breeding program
The VCF manages the captive-breeding stock of bearded vultures for reintroduction, under ...
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Perceptions of vultures in France: a sociological study
Vultures offer us extremely important ecosystem services, but the image of these ...
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Great perspectives for vultures in France – 23ème Rencontre du Groupe Vautours
The 23rd annual conference of the vulture network in France – held ...
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The saga of bearded vulture Flamadel – a huge veterinary challenge!
On the 25th of May a bearded vulture nestling from a wild ...
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The International bearded vulture observation day is this Saturday (7th October) – last chance for you to join us in the Alps!
The International Observation Days (IOD) for bearded vultures have started in 2006, ...
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Can´t miss it – the 2017 bearded vulture meeting is coming – 10-12 November, Passy, Haute-Savoie (French Alps)
The VCF coordinates and/or oversees most of the bearded vulture reintroduction projects ...
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Bearded vulture Lea is flying again in the Alps!
Lea – a young captive-bred male bearded vulture which was released in the ...
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International Vulture Day is today – Post 2 – Bearded vulture – did you know…?
…that 100 years after the killing of the last wild bearded vulture ...
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Bearded vulture reintroduction projects 2017 – stories from the field I: the long flight of Durzon!
A total of 18 young bearded vultures was released this Spring-Summer in ...
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Looking back to another successful bearded vulture release season – but two birds unfortunately died
A total of 18 young bearded vultures was released this year in ...
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Bearded vulture seen in Poland
A young bearded vulture with plumage typical of a second calendar year ...
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The bearded vulture in the French Pyrenees – 43 pairs last year, 44 this year, and an improvement of productivity after a decade of stagnation
The results of the bearded vulture monitoring and research done by the ...
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Bearded vultures in the Alps – with 45 territories, another record-breaking breeding season
Bearded vultures continue to increase in the Alps, and confirm that the ...
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Bearded vultures and lead poisoning – lead-free pilot sites on the cards in the French Pyrenees
Lead (Pb) is a metabolic poison that can negatively influence biological processes, ...
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New paper – bearded vulture foraging behaviour in the Pyrenees unaffected by policy-driven carcass management measures
The potential availability of food for vultures and other scavenging birds in ...
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Unlikely heroes behind the bearded vulture captive breeding programme – Andreas Eder and the animal transport van from Schönbrunn Zoo
There are now more than 40 bearded vulture pairs in the Alps, ...
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Guidelines for feeding bearded vultures in captivity are now also available in French
100 years after going extinct in the Alps, the bearded vulture is ...
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Looking for (bearded vulture) Kilian
Kilian is an immature bearded vulture released in Austria in 2014 (Hohe ...
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