Tag: TacklingThreats
Wildlife Crime Academy-inspired seminar bolsters capacities in Cyprus
Saving the Critically Endangered Griffon Vulture in Cyprus is impossible without effectively …
Conservation on the ground: training Guinea-Bissau officials on anti-poisoning response
Two years ago, we received the shocking news that more than 2000 Hooded …
Vote LIFE RE-Vultures for the LIFE Citizens’ Prize Award and support vulture recovery
The efforts of the LIFE RE-Vultures project to preserve and increase the …
Mortality event causes a huge blow to the Griffon Vulture population in Cyprus
The status of the Griffon Vulture in Cyprus seems even bleaker due …
Electrocution takes the life of Griffon Vulture Nepheli in Cyprus
The journeys of Griffon Vulture Nepheli in the Cypriot skies ended rather …
Illegal wildlife poisoning depletes Balkan biodiversity yet only 1% of cases reach court
The illegal use of poisonous substances in the environment to target ‘undesirable’ …
The ‘guirre’ Egyptian Vulture population in the Canary Islands exceeds 400 individuals
In 2021, the Egyptian Vulture population in the Canary Islands, exceeded 400 …
Research review: A Global Review of Causes of Morbidity and Mortality in Free-Living Vultures
A recent systematic review determined the most common causes of morbidity and …
100 protected vultures killed in Assam, India – Officials suspect poisoning incident targeting dogs
A mass vulture mortality event recently transpired, causing significant damage – as …
Serious poisoning incident causes mass mortality of protected birds in Serbia
It has been a terrible past few days for poisoning mortality, with …
One of the recent poisoning victims in Bulgaria was a female Cinereous Vulture with an egg
This past Monday, nature conservation in Bulgaria suffered a significant blow. A …
Years of reintroduction efforts compromised: Four Cinereous Vultures illegally poisoned in Bulgaria
Bulgaria’s nature has been deprived of Cinereous Vulture nesting pairs for decades. …
A newly trained working-dog joins the anti-poison dog unit in Thrace, Greece
Despite being illegal, the use of poison baits to target predators that …
LIFE GypConnect Layman’s Report: Strengthening the Bearded Vulture population in France
LIFE GypConnect is coming to an end. The project aimed to strengthen …
Raising awareness about illegal wildlife poisoning in Albania’s hotspots to help change attitudes
The practice of wildlife poisoning in Albania has started before the 90s …
Bird collisions: Identifying and securing dangerous power lines to help safeguard the threatened Griffon Vulture in Cyprus
Collisions with dangerous powerlines pose a significant threat to vultures and other …
Reintroduced Bearded Vulture recaptured badly injured in the Swiss Alps
Unfortunately, the Bearded Vulture Donna Elvira reintroduced in the Swiss Alps collided …
The tenth edition of La Plume du Life, the LIFE GypConnect newsletter, released
The LIFE GypConnect project aims to establish a breeding population of Bearded …
Establishing efficient conservation actions for the Bearded Vulture population in Southern Africa: synthesis of a 20-year research program
Vulture populations across Africa have undergone massive declines, ‘the African vulture crisis’, …
Results from the wolf and hunting dog interaction study in the Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli Forest National Park and adjacent areas
Wolf attacks on hunting dogs recorded in the Evros region in recent …