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New project for the conservation of black and griffon vultures in the Rhodope mountains (Bulgaria-Greece) launched
The kick-off meeting for the EU-funded project “Conservation of Black and Griffon ...
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The Egyptian vulture Tizón is spending its second summer in Mauritania
Tizón – the young Egyptian vulture tagged in September 2014 in Spain ...
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Bearded vultures in the Alps – Update on the breeding season 2015/2016: lots of new pairs established!
It is a very encouraging start into this year’s bearded vulture Alpine ...
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New species for the Netherlands – the bearded vulture!
Following a request from the Dutch Birding Association, Franziska Lörcher from the ...
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New bearded vulture pairs in the French Alps
With the breeding season in full swing, preliminary data about the bearded ...
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Bearded Vultures lay an egg in Bulgaria for the first time in 60 years – in captivity, but a good omen for the future
The Bulgarian NGO Green Balkans has just announced that the captive bearded ...
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Egyptian vulture research and monitoring in Oman
A program of research and conservation of Egyptian vultures has been developed ...
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One step closer to link bearded vulture populations in the Alps and Pyrenees – LIFE+ GYPCONNECT
Staff, technicians and managers from the partners of the LIFE+ project GYPCONECT ...
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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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