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We have a baby! The first bearded vulture of the season hatched in Haringsee (Austria)

Two days ago the first baby bearded vulture of the year hatched ...
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Wild Pyrenean bearded vulture released back to the wild after successful rehabilitation in Vallcalent

On the 12th January an adult bearded vulture was released back to ...
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The “silent killer” decimates Andean condors in Argentina – at least 34 poisoned in the mountains of Mendoza

The Vulture Multi-species Action Plan (Vulture MsAP), approved recently in the conference ...
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VOLUNTEER Technical document translation (German – English)

Author: Krunal Shah (This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share ...
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Bearded vultures in the French Pyrenees safer from disturbance from helicopter overflights

The Parc National des Pyrenees, conservation NGOs and the French electricity company ...
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39 eggs and counting in the bearded vulture captive breeding network – like this one in La Garenne Zoo

Almost every day now Alex Llopis, the manager of the bearded vulture ...
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With more snowstorms coming to the Alps this week, bearded vultures are… breeding!

As yet another storm is about to dump very heavy snow in ...
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An European vulture in Mauritania – and an African one in Spain

Last month some Dutch birdwatchers recorded a young cinereous vulture at Iouik ...
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New paper: eggshell thickness from bearded vulture eggs from the Pyrenees decreased abruptly after 2004

Shell thickness of bearded vulture eggs from the period 1989 to 2012 ...
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Two cinereous vultures found dead, presumably poisoned, in Thrace (Greece)

Poison is the main threat to vultures worldwide, as identified in the ...
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Two griffons born in Amsterdam zoo transported to Sardinia to restock the wild population

Two young griffon vultures bred in captivity in Amsterdam Zoo will soon ...
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Tagging of Ruppell´s vultures – in Africa and Spain

Tagging of vultures – putting up GPS/GSM tags in live, wild vultures, ...
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The VCF is hiring 3 new staff members!

The VCF is the leading organisation on vulture conservation in Europe, and ...
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Why do foraging Spanish vultures stop at the border with Portugal? Because of different sanitary policies!

A new paper just published by Arrondo et al in the journal ...
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Video: Anti-collision markers put on a high-voltage line with a drone (LIFE GYPHELP)

The LIFE GYPHELP project, in which the VCF is a partner, focus ...
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29 eggs and counting – busy period in the bearded vulture captive breeding network!

By the 3rd of January a total of 29 eggs had been ...
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Rehabilitated griffons returned to the wild in southern Portugal

Late last year a total of 12 griffon vultures that had entered ...
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Bearded vultures featured in Le Monde

The reintroduction of the bearded vulture in the Alps – one of ...
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10 year old Spanish griffon vulture found dead in Bulgaria

First confirmation ofan Iberian griffon vulture in the Balkans Griffon vultures occurred ...
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The VCF top stories for 2017

The VCF website and social media channels bring you almost every day ...
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