{"id":3826,"date":"2021-03-08T15:05:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T13:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4vultures.org\/?page_id=3826"},"modified":"2025-05-05T15:43:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:43:43","slug":"griffon-vulture-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/our-work\/reintroduction-and-restocking\/griffon-vulture-bulgaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Griffon Vulture to Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3826\" class=\"elementor elementor-3826\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ab2383 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"4ab2383\" 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-4da4356\" data-id=\"4da4356\" 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-b84a097 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b84a097\" 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 Bulgaria<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-975782c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"975782c\" 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\">Returning Griffon Vultures to the Balkan Mountains in Bulgaria<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccfe2bc ee-breadcrumbs-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-ee-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"ccfe2bc\" 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-36d272d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36d272d\" 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-0638316\" data-id=\"0638316\" 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-698d0eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"698d0eb\" 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 Green Balkans<\/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-bb82c56 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bb82c56\" 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-8a1c08a\" data-id=\"8a1c08a\" 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-e69731a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e69731a\" 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 population in Bulgaria suffered a dramatic decline through most of the 20th century due to human persecution, use of poisonous baits and lack of sufficient food. Conservationists considered the species extinct in the country in the 1960s until the discovery of 28 birds in 1978 and one breeding pair in the Rhodope Mountains. Multiple stakeholders joined forces to help restore the population of the species in Bulgaria through implementing concrete conservation efforts. <\/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-cb31433 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cb31433\" 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-a0b147b\" data-id=\"a0b147b\" 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-415d205 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"415d205\" 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\">GRIFFON VULTURES SUCCESSFULLY BREED IN THE CENTRAL BALKAN MOUNTAINS AFTER 70+ YEARS!<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d628b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d628b9\" 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<div class=\"n j-blog-meta j-blog-post--header\"><p>In the summer of 2015, the first Griffon Vulture chick successfully hatched in the Balkan Mountains. The little vulture was baptised Michel in honour of Michel Terrasse \u2014 a pioneer of vulture conservation and a close collaborator with the VCF.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"cc-matrix-2079218585\"><div id=\"cc-m-8360506385\" class=\"j-module n j-gallery\"><div id=\"cc-m-gallery-8360506385\" class=\"cc-m-gallery-container ccgalerie clearover\"><div id=\"gallery_thumb_5657435585\" class=\"thumb_pro1\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>\u00a0<\/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-ef63370\" data-id=\"ef63370\" 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-d537642 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d537642\" 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=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Griffon-Vulture-in-flight-928x619-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4482\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Griffon-Vulture-in-flight-928x619-1.jpg 928w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Griffon-Vulture-in-flight-928x619-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Griffon-Vulture-in-flight-928x619-1-768x512.jpg 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\"><\/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-0dc1b27 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0dc1b27\" 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-57725d1\" data-id=\"57725d1\" 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-e44b257 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e44b257\" 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 first pilot releases of Griffon Vultures took place at Kotlenska Stara Planina in 2009, with the release of five birds. Still, preparations go back to 2003 with the launch of the long-term International Action Plan for the Recovery and Conservation of Vultures on the Balkan Peninsula and Adjacent Regions! More releases followed with the start of the Vultures Return in Bulgaria project in 2010, aiming to see the return of the Griffon Vultures in the Balkan Mountain in Bulgaria, where the species went extinct about 100 years ago. The\u00a0Green Balkans, the\u00a0Foundation for Wild Flora and Fauna (FWFF), the\u00a0Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB)\u00a0and the Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF), in collaboration with the Bulgarian Ministry for Environment and Waters have put a lot of effort to achieve this outcome by importing and releasing Griffon Vultures and tackling threats. Between 2010 to 2014, a total of 264 Griffon Vultures and a single Cinereous Vulture were imported within the Vultures Return in Bulgaria project. The project team secured wild birds from Spain and France, where their populations are abundant and stable. In addition to that, the project imported several captive-bred birds from zoos in France, Spain, the Czech Republic, Germany and the Netherlands. In total, 205 different Griffon Vultures were released from the four adaptation aviaries maintained within the Vultures Return in Bulgaria project. Only three years after the pilot released in 2009, reintroduced Griffon Vultures attempted to breed at the Eastern Balkan Mountains in May 2012. And a few years later, the very first confirmed Griffon Vulture chick hatched into the wild in 2015 at the Vrachanski Balkan. The population of the species is gradually increasing, and the project\u2019s efforts are now continuing within the Vultures Back To LIFE projects. The new project is finalizing the Griffon Vulture restoration in Bulgaria and mainly aims to establish a nesting population of Cinereous Vultures, which went extinct in the country.<\/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-e63c22a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e63c22a\" 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-da90046 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"da90046\" 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-5fa1057\" data-id=\"5fa1057\" 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-0a0b231 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a0b231\" 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\">2020 MARKED THE 10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY SINCE FIRST RELEASES<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a5768d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a5768d\" 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>Ten years after the beginning of the Griffon Vulture releases, the species is now recovered in the region with 15 to 18 pairs nesting in Vrachanski Balkan, 18 to 23 pairs in Eastern Stara Planina, and local colonies numbering up to 50 to 70 and 80 to 100 birds respectively.\u00a0\u00a0<\/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-19c8825\" data-id=\"19c8825\" 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-e62d0f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e62d0f8\" 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=\"799\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1604502620-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4480\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1604502620-1.png 799w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1604502620-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1604502620-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/4vultures.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1604502620-1-768x765.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Green Balkans<\/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-1bda9a3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1bda9a3\" 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-5ed0614\" data-id=\"5ed0614\" 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-570e502 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"570e502\" 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 supported Bulgarian conservation groups to reintroduce the Griffon Vulture to the Stara Planina in the Balkan Mountains for many years. It has secured over 55 Griffon Vultures with an agreement by the Junta de Extremadura for release during the Vultures Return in Bulgaria and Vultures Back to LIFE projects. These birds hatched in the wild of Spain and were found in Extremadura as juveniles, suffering malnutrition and weakness. 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