{"id":3825,"date":"2021-03-08T15:05:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T13:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4vultures.org\/?page_id=3825"},"modified":"2025-05-05T15:43:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:43:43","slug":"griffon-vulture-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/our-work\/reintroduction-and-restocking\/griffon-vulture-cyprus\/","title":{"rendered":"Griffon Vulture to Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3825\" class=\"elementor elementor-3825\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-144bd4a elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"144bd4a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf492d9\" data-id=\"cf492d9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e263447 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e263447\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Griffon Vulture Cyprus<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b30f993 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b30f993\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Emergency restocking efforts to save the Critically Endangered Griffon Vulture population in Cyprus<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea6ec57 ee-breadcrumbs-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-ee-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"ea6ec57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ee-breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ee-breadcrumbs\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><\/ul>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f278dc2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f278dc2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58d5a10\" data-id=\"58d5a10\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-742bdbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"742bdbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a9 Oliver Burton<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3420d78 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3420d78\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-accda83\" data-id=\"accda83\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b63fee5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b63fee5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Griffon Vulture used to be a common and widespread sight in Cyprus, with hundreds of birds soaring the Cypriot skies until the late 1950s and early 1960s. Since then, various threats caused the dramatic decline of the population, including illegal wildlife poisoning, reduction of food availability due to the decline in traditional farming practises and the disturbance during the nesting period. In the mid-1990s, there were only around 20 to 30 pairs, and between 2011 and 2012, only 10 to 12 birds survived. Urgent action was necessary to prevent the species from going extinct on the island. The Game and Fauna Service in partnership with BirdLife Cyprus, the Department of Forests, the Natural History Museum of Crete and Municipality of Gortynia in Crete launched GYPAS in 2011, an emergency restoking project to preserve the vulnerable Griffon Vulture population.  <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25d9809 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25d9809\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7088a31\" data-id=\"7088a31\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-871797a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"871797a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">RESTOCKING THE GRIFFON VULTURE POPULATION<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-146b5dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"146b5dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Between 2011 and 2012, only 10 to 12 Griffon Vultures remained in Cyprus. To\u00a0urgently save the Critically Endangered species on the island, Project GYPAS came to life and released a total of 25 birds originating from the Greek island of Crete into the wild until 2013.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a207526\" data-id=\"a207526\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e00d33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2e00d33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"928\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/released-gv-life-gypas-928x553-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4462\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/released-gv-life-gypas-928x553-1.jpeg 928w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/released-gv-life-gypas-928x553-1-300x179.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/released-gv-life-gypas-928x553-1-768x458.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Raija Howard<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d69b55e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d69b55e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0c035a\" data-id=\"d0c035a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f94745f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f94745f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>GYPAS released a total of 25 birds originating from the Greek island of Crete until 2013, where the species is widespread and shares similar ecological characteristics, to reinforce the local population. GYPAS prevented the extinction of the species, but Griffon Vultures were still under threat on the island due to several threats, mainly poisoning. Just a string of incidents during the winter of 2015 to 2016 resulted in the death of at least seven vultures. To secure the future of the species on the island, a new project called LIFE With Vultures launched in 2019. The project \u201cSaving Griffon Vultures in Cyprus through concrete conservation actions\u201d will address the main threats the species face such as poisoning, lack of safe food, collisions with power lines while also restocking the Griffon Vulture population to the island by transporting birds from Spain. LIFE With Vultures is led by\u00a0BirdLife Cyprus, in cooperation with\u00a0Game and Fauna Service,\u00a0Terra Cypria\u00a0and us here at the Vulture Conservation Foundation, and is funded by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/easme\/en\/life\">Programa LIFE<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b77f5d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b77f5d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5272b72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5272b72\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eacd787\" data-id=\"eacd787\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29b0a32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29b0a32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NEW LIFE PROJECT TO SAVE THE LOCAL POPULATION<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd25141 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd25141\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">To preserve vulnerable Griffon Vulture population in Cyprus,\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/birdlifecyprus.org\/\" href=\"https:\/\/birdlifecyprus.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BirdLife Cyprus<\/a><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, in cooperation with\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.moi.gov.cy\/moi\/wildlife\/wildlife_new.nsf\/index_gr\/index_gr?opendocument\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moi.gov.cy\/moi\/wildlife\/wildlife_new.nsf\/index_gr\/index_gr?opendocument\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game and Fauna Service<\/a><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/terracypria.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/terracypria.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terra Cypria<\/a><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and us here at the Vulture Conservation Foundation, are implementing\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.4vultures.org\/2019\/12\/11\/life-with-vultures-a-targeted-effort-to-save-the-griffon-vulture-in-cyprus\/\" href=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/2019\/12\/11\/life-with-vultures-a-targeted-effort-to-save-the-griffon-vulture-in-cyprus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LIFE with Vultures<\/a>, a conservation project funded by the EU\u2019s<a title=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/easme\/en\/life\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/easme\/en\/life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Programa LIFE<\/a><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. The project will address the main threats the species face such as poisoning, lack of safe food, collisions with power lines and restock the Griffon Vulture population to the island by transporting birds from Spain.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-906ee8e\" data-id=\"906ee8e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d49dd11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d49dd11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"928\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/gv-released-in-aviary-Silvio-Augusto-Rusmigo-928x617-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4463\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/gv-released-in-aviary-Silvio-Augusto-Rusmigo-928x617-2.png 928w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/gv-released-in-aviary-Silvio-Augusto-Rusmigo-928x617-2-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/gv-released-in-aviary-Silvio-Augusto-Rusmigo-928x617-2-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Silvio Augusto Rusmigo<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-99bf92f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"99bf92f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e328d6\" data-id=\"1e328d6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9362e22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9362e22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Vulture Conservation Foundation has been closely working with its Cypriot colleagues to preserve Griffon Vultures on the island for years now. During GYPAS, the VCF supported and advised the project on several occasions. As part of the LIFE With Vultures project, the VCF will carry out research on ecosystem services, the development of population viability models and sampling protocols, and build capacity to fight illegal poisoning, which is vultures\u2019 biggest threat in Cyprus. The VCF will also secure and arrange the transportation for around 28 young wild-hatched Griffon Vultures from Spain that are rescued and rehabilitated in recovery centres. 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