{"id":17131,"date":"2021-06-04T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4vultures.org\/?p=17131"},"modified":"2025-05-05T15:47:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:47:01","slug":"seven-young-griffon-vultures-of-different-backgrounds-successfully-freed-into-croatias-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/blog\/seven-young-griffon-vultures-of-different-backgrounds-successfully-freed-into-croatias-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven young Griffon Vultures of different backgrounds successfully freed into Croatia’s wild"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Releasing the vultures \u00a9 Tomislav Bandera Ani\u0107\/ Beli Visitor Centre and Rescue Centre for Griffon Vultures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After spending some time in a rescue centre, a total of seven young captive-bred and wild-hatched Griffon Vultures successfully take their flights into freedom in Croatia! Four of these individuals will also play an important role in tackling illegal wildlife poisoning in the Balkans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helping and releasing Griffon Vultures<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Griffon Vultures hatched in the Rescue Centre for Wildlife in Ru\u0161\u010dica, close to Slavonski Brod. Called \u0110uro and Barbara, these vultures were descendants of two Kvarner Griffon Vultures, Pepin and Brancina, who couldn’t return to the wild because of their injuries. Thanks to the work of the association, their chicks will get the chance to experience a life of freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, during summertime last year, five Griffon Vulture nestlings, Wuhan, Vranac, Marin, Angela and Taras, faced a challenge \u2014 to leave their nest, but they were unsuccessful and needed human care after their failed first flights. The Griffon Vultures of Kvarner islands nest on cliffs above the sea, which makes leaving the nest for the first time difficult, leading to several young birds falling in the sea. If the locals notice such an unlucky bird on time, they get it out and bring it to the Beli Visitor Centre and Rescue Centre for Griffon Vultures<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two captive-bred and five wild-hatched Griffon Vultures met in Beli centre where they spent the last six months, getting ready to take their first big flights together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Griffon Vulture is a symbol of Cres and the wealth of its biodiversity. Knowing that these birds have prevailed only here, on Kvarner, we understand that it is our responsibility to keep them safe and to systematically take care of all flora and fauna of our blue-green county,\u201c states Zlatko Komadina, head of Primorsko-Goranska county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n