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Tagged Egyptian vulture killed for the traditional medicine trade in West Africa
It is well known that Africa vultures are declining across most of ...
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New paper published on the spatial ecology of the endangered Egyptian vulture in Spain
Food predictability determines space use of endangered vultures – Lopez-Lopez et al. ...
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New improved guidelines for captive breeding of bearded vultures have just been published by the VCF
Guidelines and recommendations for the captive breeding of bearded vulture – 2nd ...
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And here we go to a new life – bearded vultures released in the Grands Causses fledged!
On the 20th June Adonis and Jacinthe, the two young bearded vultures ...
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Indian vulture conservationist makes emotive plea to FATRO – please stop manufacturing diclofenac!
Indian colleagues involved in saving the last few vultures in the Indian ...
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Two more Egyptian vultures tagged in Eastern Turkey in a VCF supported project
The Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) is one of the most endangered vulture ...
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The Wildlife Conservation Society, the Society for Conservation Biology & the British Veterinary Zoological Society all alert to the dangers of diclofenac
Leading conservation and veterinary organisations repeat what the VCF has been saying ...
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Three new papers published recently on bearded vultures worldwide – New data confirms worrying declines in Southern Africa and the Himalayas
Three interesting papers have been published recently on bearded vultures. Data from ...
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One more massive vulture poisoning incident reported from Africa: 92 vultures died in Botswana
The Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF), together with a number of other conservation ...
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African Raptors Newsletter #4
The latest edition of the African Raptors Newsletter has been published. It ...
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New evidence published today shows that veterinary diclofenac kills eagles too
This drug is now ‘a global problem’ threatening many vulnerable birds of ...
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New VCF film on the bearded vulture reintroduction project in the Alps
Last week the first two bearded vultures were released in the Grands ...
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Breeding season in the bearded vulture captive breeding network finished – results mixed, but releases into the wild about to star
Photo: Alex Llopis Dell During the next two weeks several young bearded ...
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Listen to an interview with the VCF on diclofenac on Radio New Zealand
Podcast – interview with Radio New Zealand Interview Radio New Zealand.mp3 MP3 ...
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120 black vultures at the feeding station in Turkey
Photo: Bruno Barthemy Last week 120 black vultures were seen feeding at ...
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Bearded Vultures seen in Extremadura (Western Spain)
Photo John Muddeman Two different individuals of bearded vultures (Gypaetus barbatus) have ...
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New film: Commissioner Borg, please ban veterinary diclofenac!
The VCF, together with BirdLife International, asks Commissioner Borg to take urgent ...
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Three adopted bearded vulture chicks growing well in Austria – see the video
In the bearded vulture captive breeding network chicks often need to be ...
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VCF is supporting Turkey´s only regularly functioning vulture feeding station
Turkey has significant vulture populations, but also many threats. Electrocution and poison ...
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Diclofenac in Europe – the battle rages on!
Some progress, some setbacks, some plans. The VCF is continuing to lead ...
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