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Three additional Bearded Vultures released at Parque Natural de Cazorla in Andalusia!

The Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF) and Junta de Andalucía released three more ...
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Two young captive-bred Bearded Vultures released in the Parc Naturel Régional du Vercors in the French pre-Alps

The LIFE GypConnect project released two more Bearded Vultures to the wild, this time ...
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A Bearded Vulture cycling jersey combines conservation and sustainability!

Imagine, cycling in the Alps or the Pyrenees, with a Bearded Vulture ...
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Watch how Cinereous Vultures utilize surrounding landscape for energy efficient soaring flight

With a wingspan measuring up to 3 metres and a weight of ...
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Cinereous Vultures are breeding again in the Iberian System after more than half a century since their extinction

Two Cinereous Vultures recently hatched in the Sierra de la Demanda! This ...
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How are Egyptian Vultures perceived?

Not only do vultures play an essential role in nature, but they ...
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Many chicks hatched this year again in Bulgaria’s only indigenous Griffon Vulture population

This has been yet another great year for Griffon Vultures in the ...
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Electrocuted in Turkey: Vultures and other soaring birds under threat

Located at the interface of Asia, Africa and Europe, Turkey is a ...
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Two captive-bred Bearded Vultures from Austrian and Czech zoos released in Baronnies

The first 2020 Bearded Vulture releases in France with the LIFE GypConnect project took ...
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Poacher shot and killed reintroduced Cinereous Vulture Ultron in Bulgaria

Today, there is more awareness and support for the restoration of the ...
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Sign the petition and help us #StopTheKillings of vultures in Africa

A coalition of international conservation organizations has today launched an online petition dubbed #StopTheKillings, ...
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Cinereous Vulture Dadia

The only remaining Cinereous Vulture breeding colony in the Balkans

The Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli Forest National Park, where the only breeding colony of Cinereous Vultures ...
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Watch: Guadalentín — the centre that breeds the most Bearded Vultures

In 1986, Bearded Vultures disappeared from the skies of Andalusia. One of ...
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The reintroduced Cinereous Vulture Sliven met a tragic end in Kharkiv, Ukraine

The Cinereous Vulture Sliven that travelled over 6405 km in 30 days, carrying ...
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Watch two newly hatched Egyptian Vulture siblings in the wild in Israel

An Egyptian Vulture breeding pair in Israel has been busy during their ...
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Introducing a schematic sampling protocol for raptor biomonitoring to harmonize procedures across Europe

Bird species like scavengers have been widely used as sentinel species in ...
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Bearded Vulture vagrancy: leaving the mountains to explore the North of France

Young Bearded Vultures have done it again — they left their mountain ...
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The first Cinereous Vultures releases at Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park in Bulgaria

The Vultures Back To LIFE team released five additional Cinereous Vultures in a new release ...
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Egyptian Vulture carrying nesting materials in Sardinia 2020 (c) LIFE Under Griffon Wings

Will Egyptian Vultures breed in Sardinia again?

Once a rare visitor to Sardinia, with no breeding records, now an ...
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How many Bearded Vultures hatched this breeding season in captivity?

The breeding season within our Bearded Vulture Captive Breeding Network (EEP) kicked ...
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