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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 ...
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Electrocution takes the life of Griffon Vulture Nepheli in Cyprus
The journeys of Griffon Vulture Nepheli in the Cypriot skies ended rather ...
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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’ ...
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The ‘guirre’ Egyptian Vulture population in the Canary Islands exceeds 400 individuals
In 2021, the Egyptian Vulture population in the Canary Islands, exceeded 400 ...
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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 ...
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100 protected vultures killed in Assam, India – Officials suspect poisoning incident targeting dogs
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Croatia is one of the few places hosting Griffon Vultures that nest ...
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