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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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How many Bearded Vulture chicks hatched in captivity this year?
Since last autumn, when the first Bearded Vulture pairs began exhibiting breeding ...
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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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Captive-bred and reintroduced Cinereous Vulture Riga settles down in Greece
The captive-bred and reintroduced Cinereous Vulture Riga has settled down in Greece! ...
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Confirmed for the first time in Europe: A captive-bred Egyptian Vulture forms a pair in the wild
For the first time in Europe, a captive-bred Egyptian Vulture released in ...
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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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Conservation milestone: Reintroduced Cinereous Vulture pair hatches the first chick in Bulgaria’s Western Balkan Mountains
Conservationists have been working for nearly 30 years to reintroduce the Cinereous ...
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One more Cinereous Vulture in Portugal becomes part of important monitoring activities
One more Cinereous Vulture in Portugal got a second chance in life following a ...
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New video illustrates the progress of the LIFE GypConnect project
The LIFE GypConnect project recently released a video offering an inside look ...
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The Vultures Back to LIFE project is a finalist for the European Commission’s Natura 2000 awards
The European Commission recently announced the finalists of the 6th edition of ...
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International Observation Days 2021: Bearded Vulture population estimates and more insights
Over a thousand participants have joined the 2021 International Bearded Vulture Observation ...
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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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Introducing LIFE GYPRESCUE: Preventing the extinction of the Bearded Vulture in Corsica
The LIFE GYPRESCUE project aims to prevent the extinction of the Bearded ...
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Reintroducing Cinereous Vultures in the Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria – 2021 overview
The Vultures Back to LIFE project has been releasing Cinereous Vultures in ...
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Esperanza, the first wild-hatched Bearded Vulture in Andalusia since reintroduction project, builds its first nest
Our Bearded Vulture reintroduction project in Andalusia reached another milestone! Esperanza, the ...
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Releasing captive-bred Egyptian Vultures to the wild in Israel – is the reintroduction project working?
A recently published paper demonstrates the first signs of success in Egyptian Vulture reintroduction ...
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