Tag: Poisoning
Transforming conservation: Wildlife Crime Academy’s groundbreaking training raises the bar in wildlife crime prosecution
April 25, 2023
The fight against wildlife crime has reached new heights with the successful ...
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Telemetry study reveals the challenges and possibilities of creating Vulture Safe Zones in Africa
March 21, 2023
Protected areas (PAs) are crucial tools for biodiversity conservation, and this is ...
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Greece: Electric fences to save vultures from unintentional poisoning
February 21, 2023
How can electric fences support vulture recovery? Vultures face a significant threat ...
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A first for Cyprus: €21,000 fine imposed for illegal wildlife poisoning
January 23, 2023
For the first-ever time in Cyprus, prosecuting authorities issued a €21,000 fine ...
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BalkanDetox LIFE Animation video: It’s time to stop illegal wildlife poisoning
January 13, 2023
A new animation video produced by the Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF) within ...
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BalkanDetox LIFE key achievements of 2022
December 19, 2022
2022 has been another busy year for the BalkanDetox LIFE team, realising ...
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New decision in Greece a step forward toward combating illegal wildlife poisoning
October 20, 2022
A crucial step has recently been taken in Greece toward safeguarding threatened ...
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Ambitious initiative boosts capacities in 13 countries to effectively prosecute wildlife crime
October 14, 2022
More than 30 professionals from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa ...
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Over 150 vultures deliberately poisoned to death in South Africa and Botswana
August 17, 2022
The poisoning crisis continues in Africa and vultures pay the price. Last ...
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NO to poison baits: Targeted Educational and awareness activities in Greece
August 1, 2022
The use of poison baits to kill animals can affect all of ...
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Wildlife Crime Academy-inspired seminar bolsters capacities in Cyprus
June 27, 2022
Saving the Critically Endangered Griffon Vulture in Cyprus is impossible without effectively ...
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Conservation on the ground: training Guinea-Bissau officials on anti-poisoning response
May 30, 2022
Two years ago, we received the shocking news that more than 2000 Hooded ...
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Illegal wildlife poisoning depletes Balkan biodiversity yet only 1% of cases reach court
April 27, 2022
The illegal use of poisonous substances in the environment to target ‘undesirable’ ...
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Research review: A Global Review of Causes of Morbidity and Mortality in Free-Living Vultures
April 14, 2022
A recent systematic review determined the most common causes of morbidity and ...
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100 protected vultures killed in Assam, India – Officials suspect poisoning incident targeting dogs
March 22, 2022
A mass vulture mortality event recently transpired, causing significant damage – as ...
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Serious poisoning incident causes mass mortality of protected birds in Serbia
March 21, 2022
It has been a terrible past few days for poisoning mortality, with ...
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One of the recent poisoning victims in Bulgaria was a female Cinereous Vulture with an egg
March 18, 2022
This past Monday, nature conservation in Bulgaria suffered a significant blow. A ...
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Years of reintroduction efforts compromised: Four Cinereous Vultures illegally poisoned in Bulgaria
March 15, 2022
Bulgaria’s nature has been deprived of Cinereous Vulture nesting pairs for decades. ...
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Past and present: A video about the phenomenon of wildlife poisoning in Albania
February 17, 2022
Did you know that wildlife poisoning was not treated as a crime ...
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A newly trained working-dog joins the anti-poison dog unit in Thrace, Greece
February 4, 2022
Despite being illegal, the use of poison baits to target predators that ...
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