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cinereous vulture chick tagging bulgaria

Getting ready to monitor the future movements of the first Cinereous Vulture chick that hatched in Bulgaria’s wild in nearly three decades!

Following many years of targeted and collaborative conservation actions, the Cinereous Vulture returned ...
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Running club fundraises to support our Bearded Vulture reintroduction efforts in Andalusia

The local Running Club ‘Alma Gaia Mountain Club’ organised a race in ...
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A Cinereous Vulture pair successfully nest on rocks instead of treetops in Mallorca

The Medi Ambient agents in Mallorca have made a surprising discovery — ...
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Griffon Vultures return to a historic colony in Greece after 30 years!

Optimistic news — a historic Griffon Vulture colony in Greece that has ...
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LIFE Rupis: Layman’s report and project films now available

The LIFE Rupis project took an integrated approach to the conservation of ...
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After exploring the Balkans for over two months, the ‘Italian’ Egyptian Vulture reached Hungary and Austria!

Diego keeps on wandering! After Diego returned to his spring-summer residence in ...
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Young Bearded Vulture Bavaria and Wally successfully take their first flight into the Bavarian Alps

For the first time in over 140, two young Bearded Vultures call ...
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Grands Causses welcomes one more Bearded Vulture as part of the LIFE GypConnect reintroduction project

One more captive-bred Bearded Vulture now lives in the Grands Causses Regional ...
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The spread of misinformation as a new challenge for vulture conservation

Condors and vultures (hereafter “vultures”) are threatened necrophagous bird species relying on ...
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Wildlife Crime Academy: using CSI and forensic science to solve wildlife crimes across 9 countries

Let’s be honest: Death plays a significant part in wildlife conservation. Conservationists ...
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Releasing Donna Elvira in the Swiss Alps in late June 2021 © Hansruedi Weyrich

Donna Elvira and BelArosa recently became the 50th and 51st Bearded Vultures reintroduced in the Swiss Alps

This year marked the 30 year anniversary since the first Bearded Vultures were ...
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Cáceres Farmer receives a hefty penalty for intentionally poisoning sheep to kill vultures

Spanish authorities lead the way in the fight against wildlife crime once ...
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DEAD OR DYING: Nearly 100 vultures fall victim to suspected mass poisoning in Castilla y León (Spain)

An area in Castilla y León, Spain, became a death trap for ...
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LIFE RE-Vultures: Joint efforts successfully conserve vultures in the Eastern Rhodopes

Ιncreasing the Griffon Vulture population in the Eastern Rhodopes, restoring the red ...
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Wildlife Crime Academy: first training starts in one week

In Andalusia, Spain, they even use helicopters to investigate suspicious bird mortality. An ...
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Raptor interactions: Golden Eagle predates Griffon Vulture chick

During a field visit observing Griffon Vultures in Vercors (southwesternmost Alps), our ...
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Research review: What are the economic benefits of avian scavenger-based tourism in Spain?

A recently published study demonstrates the benefits avian scavengers contribute to people and the need to ...
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Tinença de Benifassà natural park welcomed three new Bearded Vultures

The Tinença de Benifassà natural park recently received three more captive-bred Bearded ...
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First Egyptian Vulture observation in the UK in 150 years

Following the visit of the young Bearded Vulture “Vigo/Flysch” in the UK last ...
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Livestock breeders and conservationists increase safe food sources for three vulture species in the Meteora of the North

In the Kompsatos River Valley, the Thracian Meteora dominate the landscape from ...
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