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Happy ending for Portuguese cinereous vulture pair that lost chick to fire last year

Cinereous vulture chick fledging in the Douro International Natural Park After losing ...
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Significant progress for anti-poison work in Bosnia and Herzegovina

An important step towards establishing a National Anti-Poisoning Working Group in Bosnia ...
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Captive-bred Egyptian vultures released in Bulgaria now on the move!

Like everywhere, the Egyptian vultures in the eastern part of the species´ ...
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Vultures at risk from changes to regulations in Spain’s Asturias region

The regional government of the Asturias region of Spain recently passed a ...
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What killed bearded vulture Palanfré?

Palanfré, a captive-bred female bearded vulture released as part of our Alpine ...
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A great breeding season for Balkan Griffon vultures

Following last summer’s success, this year’s fledging of 62 young vultures represents ...
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Research summary for August

In this month’s research update we summarize articles on the wildlife poisoning ...
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Visitor to feeding station surprises staff at Monte Velino Reserve

Rarely seen in the Italian skies since they were declared extinct in ...
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Egyptian vultures are migrating to Africa!

August has just finished and most of the Egyptian vultures breeding in ...
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One less Egyptian vulture in the Balkans – and what an horrible death!

Working to save the injured Egyptian vulture An adult Egyptian vulture was ...
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Why are vultures important?

Vultures may not be the prettiest of birds: they are often reviled ...
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LIFE Re-Vultures – Conserving Griffon and Cinereous vultures in the Balkans

Populations of vultures drastically decreased in the Balkans over the course of ...
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LIFE Rupis – Conserving Egyptian vultures in Portugal and Spain

They are Europe’s smallest vultures, and worryingly out of the four species ...
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Vultures Back to LIFE – conserving cinereous vultures in Bulgaria

They were declared extinct in the country in the 1980s, but the ...
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LIFE GYPCONNECT – Connecting bearded vulture populations from the Alps to the Pyrenees

The rarest of Europe’s vultures, the bearded vulture, was once found across ...
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Who are the Vulture Conservation Foundation?

Through our work we aim for the four species of European vultures ...
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One week to go to International Vulture Awareness Day!

There is just one week to go before International Vulture Awareness Day ...
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First Egyptian vulture tagged with a GPS in LIFE Rupis project in the Douro Canyon resurfaces (again)

Rupis with a GPS transmitter on his back Back in 2016, Rupis was ...
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Cinereous vulture found dead in the Rhodope Mountains

A Cinereous vulture was found dead in the Greek part of the ...
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Two more Egyptian vultures released in Bulgaria in innovative experiment to test release techniques: hacking

Two more Egyptian vultures successfully released into the wild in Bulgaria in ...
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