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Check out the latest news and stories about vultures and our conservation work
Two of the four pairs of bearded vultures nesting in the Parc National de la Vanoise (Alps, France) have been successful
After the first breeding in the wild in 1997 – 11 years ...
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Our own Easter egg has hatched – Corsican bearded vulture chick hatches in the lab, a first in the world!
While most of you are eating – or looking for – Easter ...
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Vote for the bearded vulture – Nature 2000 awards
The project to reintroduce the bearded vulture in Andalusia – led by ...
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New vulture exhibition at the Allwetterzoo in Münster
The Allwetterzoo in Münster (Germany) just opened a new exhibition about vultures ...
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The Egyptian vulture in France: 88 pairs, but a very bad breeding year
The latest report on the situation of the endangered Egyptian vulture in ...
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New VCF protocol on bleaching bearded vulture feathers
The VCF has prepared a new protocol with guidelines on the best ...
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Bearded vulture egg extracted from nest in Corsica – first step to save this highly endangered population from extinction
The sole egg of one of the few remaining bearded vulture pairs ...
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22th national vulture conference – France this weekend
The yearly meeting of all the vulture conservationists in France – park ...
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21 chicks and counting – good breeding season in the bearded vulture captive breeding network – and a surprising and rare third clutch
So far there are already 21 chicks in the VCF coordinated captive ...
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Vultures killed – probably poisoned – in Cyprus. This incident is a blow to the efforts to recover the endangered island population of griffon vultures
At least 7 griffon vultures have been found dead in Cyrus since ...
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A wild bearded vulture found dead in the French Pyrenees – and a whole network of people mobilizes to find out what killed him!
On February 20th Pascal Borreill, a train driver, saw the body of ...
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Poison continues to kill masses of vultures in Africa and Asia – while at the same time their value is highlighted in yet another study
Two recent poisoning incidents killed hundreds of vultures in South Africa and ...
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Update on Roman & Herculis, the bearded vultures released last year in Alpi Marittime: Herculis lost its transmitter but is alive! Roman is now in Vanoise
The last few days were a bit stressfull for all the staff ...
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Do animals recognise their disabilities? Some evidence from bearded vulture Kirma
The VCF coordinates the bearded vulture captive breeding network, managed specifically for ...
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Egyptian vultures increasing in Catalonia
While the European population of this bird of prey is generally declining, ...
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One more wintering Egyptian vulture caught and tagged in Extremadura
The Egyptian vulture is a partially migratory species across its vast global ...
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New paper on a case study on black vultures and windfarms: High mortality and a novel tool for EIAs and SEAs on new plans
While wind energy is environmentally friendly, and prevents climate change, it has ...
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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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