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Black vultures arrived well and safe in France
The 7 black vultures (Aegypius monachus) that the VCF has transported this ...
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A new breeding pair of bearded vultures in Savoie (French Alps)
This year a new breeding pair has established itself in the Savoie ...
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Seven more black vultures on the way to France
This weekend the Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF) is transporting 7 black vultures ...
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Bearded vulture captive breeding (for conservation): 47 eggs and counting – and the first chicks!
So far, a total of 30 pairs of bearded vultures in the ...
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American black vultures used to identify rubbish concentrations in Lima, Peru
A project led by the Peruvian environment ministry, with financial support from ...
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The Junta de Andalusia handed over today 3 Eurasian Black Vultures to the VCF for the reintroduction projects and the captivity-breeding programme
The regional government of Andalusia handed over today 3 Eurasian black vultures ...
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Two black vultures in China´s biggest city – and some reflections on China´s vultures
On the 23rd January, Craig Brelsford, an American birder living in Shanghai ...
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A rare case of cooperation in the Middle-East: Griffon vulture returned from Lebanon to Israel
They say that pigeons are the harbingers of peace – well, this ...
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The structure of bearded vulture shells and implications for conservation
The results of a very interesting research done by Mauro Hernández from ...
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Effectiveness of the canine units in the fight against poison in Greece – report
Poison is the number one threat to vultures – in Europe and ...
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Vultures Back to LIFE – the dream goes on. New LIFE project for the reintroduction of the black vulture to Bulgaria starts!
In the last few years one of the focus of the VCF ...
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And yet again in Zimbabwe – 41 critically endangered white-backed vultures poisoned to death
Earlier this week we reported on the latest mass poisoning of vultures ...
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More good news from Andalucia – second bearded vulture pair exhibiting breeding behavior
Last year was a momentous one for the bearded vulture reintroduction project ...
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And the silent killing continues in Africa – more vultures poisoned in Kenya
The latest incident on a now sadly regular flow of occurrences of ...
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Conclusions and presentations of the seminar on lead poisoning and bearded vultures published
As part of the LIFE GYPHELP project, in which the VCF is ...
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Great Audio-book for children on the bearded vulture (in French)
ASTERS – the Conservatoire d´Espaces Naturels de Haute-Savoie, which works alongside the ...
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First results of the census of summering griffons in the Alps – at least 1700 birds present
The griffon vulture was absent from the Alps until the beginning of ...
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Annual bearded vulture meeting, November 2015 – the conclusions are now out!
The main conclusions of the annual bearded vulture meeting 2015, held in ...
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Restoring vulture populations in the Balkans – from griffon vultures to black vultures…
The team from the LIFE project “RECOVERY OF THE POPULATIONS OF LARGE ...
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New paper shows that vultures in Asia are still being killed by diclofenac – years after the ban. Another vet drug (Nimesulide) is also a potential threat
A new paper just published in the scientific journal Oryx (2016, 50(1), ...
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