{"id":11886,"date":"2019-07-02T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T08:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4vultures.org\/?p=11886"},"modified":"2021-05-11T12:01:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T09:01:52","slug":"thirteen-more-griffon-vultures-are-freed-in-sardinia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/blog\/thirteen-more-griffon-vultures-are-freed-in-sardinia\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirteen more Griffon Vultures are freed in Sardinia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the released Griffon Vultures (c) LIFE Under Griffon Wings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La LIFE Under Griffon Wings<\/a> project released 13 more Griffon Vultures in Sardinia to help boost the local population of the species. This release brings the total number of vultures reintroduced to the wild of Sardinia as part of the project to 51 birds! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another milestone for the conservation of Griffon vultures in Sardinia as 13 new vultures were recently released into the wild. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We, the Vulture Conservation Foundation, transported ten birds from Spain and ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo, provided the three other vultures. The birds spent a quarantine period in the Bonassai Wildlife Recovery Center before adapting to their new environment at an acclimatisation aviary at the release site of Monte Minerva. The supply of food to the griffons was possible thanks to the collaboration activated by the Bonassai Center with seventy Nurra breeders and the ASL Veterinary Service. They provided over a thousand sheep carcasses for animals in aviaries and for the feeding site set up in Prigionette and Monte Minerva where Sardinian Griffon vultures regularly feed and a rare pair of Egyptian vultures visit<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahead of their release into the wild, the team began the preparations by examining the vultures and placing GPS transmitters on six of them. The GPS technology will allow the LIFE Under Griffon Wings team to monitor the birds, understand better their distribution area and identify any threats present in the area. Before their release, the birds were named! The ones from ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo were named Artis 3, Artis 4 and Artis 5 and the ones we transported were given names from some of the centres that are part of the griffon community. These include Bosa, Montresta, Padria, Macomer, Sindia, Cossoine, Semestene, Pozzomaggiore, Mara and Maddalena (an island where there are no griffons but which has been visited by Spanish ones in the last couple of months).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Video: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=381355642498217<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday 25 June, the team finally released the birds! Now that 13 more Griffon vultures are free to roam the Sardinian skies, the total number of released vultures amount to 51, as last year the project reintroduced 38 Griffon Vultures to the wild of Sardinia.  The birds released came from rehabilitation centres in Spain and zoos across Europe. These releases helped restock the local population of the species, increasing their numbers to 180-200!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some photographs of the vultures after their release<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n