Tag: TacklingThreats
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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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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LIFE GypConnect Layman’s Report: Strengthening the Bearded Vulture population in France
January 28, 2022
LIFE GypConnect is coming to an end. The project aimed to strengthen ...
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Raising awareness about illegal wildlife poisoning in Albania’s hotspots to help change attitudes
January 22, 2022
The practice of wildlife poisoning in Albania has started before the 90s ...
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Bird collisions: Identifying and securing dangerous power lines to help safeguard the threatened Griffon Vulture in Cyprus
January 21, 2022
Collisions with dangerous powerlines pose a significant threat to vultures and other ...
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Reintroduced Bearded Vulture recaptured badly injured in the Swiss Alps
January 20, 2022
Unfortunately, the Bearded Vulture Donna Elvira reintroduced in the Swiss Alps collided ...
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The tenth edition of La Plume du Life, the LIFE GypConnect newsletter, released
January 18, 2022
The LIFE GypConnect project aims to establish a breeding population of Bearded ...
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Establishing efficient conservation actions for the Bearded Vulture population in Southern Africa: synthesis of a 20-year research program
January 5, 2022
Vulture populations across Africa have undergone massive declines, ‘the African vulture crisis’, ...
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Results from the wolf and hunting dog interaction study in the Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli Forest National Park and adjacent areas
December 24, 2021
Wolf attacks on hunting dogs recorded in the Evros region in recent ...
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Appropriate response to poisoning incident prevents mass mortality of 18 Griffon Vultures in North Macedonia
December 22, 2021
A recent poisoning incident involving many dogs in the Republic of North ...
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What happened to the five Egyptian Vultures released in Italy this summer
December 21, 2021
In August 2021, the LIFE Egyptian Vulture project released five captive-bred Egyptian Vultures that hatched in CERM ...
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Tagging and releasing rescued Griffon Vultures in Croatia
December 14, 2021
Croatia is one of the few places hosting Griffon Vultures that nest ...
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Progress review: The first year of BalkanDetox LIFE
December 12, 2021
In the one year since the launch BalkanDetox LIFE, the project partners have ...
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Wildlife Crime Academy: Advanced Course equips participants to improve forensic and police investigation on poisoning incidents in the Balkans and beyond
November 18, 2021
In today’s conservation work, combating wildlife crime is essential to effectively protect ...
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Vulture conservation works: Status of Bearded Vulture and Egyptian Vulture in Europe improves
November 11, 2021
Birds and nature suffer daily due to the unravelling biodiversity and climate ...
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Two impressive collisions involving vultures highlight the increasing conflict between transport infrastructure and bird conservation in Spain
November 3, 2021
After the recent mass-poisoning event in Israel, we are sad to report ...
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Educational workshops about poisoning in Bosnia and Herzegovina raise awareness about the issues in hotspots to help preserve wildlife
November 2, 2021
Illegal animal poisoning in Bosnia and Herzegovina poses a significant threat to ...
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Poisoned! Mass mortality event of Griffon Vultures in Israel causes significant blow to vulnerable population
October 27, 2021
Another poisoning incident created a mass mortality event once again, killing numerous ...
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