{"id":6339,"date":"2016-04-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/dead-bearded-vulture-found-last-year-in-switzerland-had-been-released-in-vercors-in-2012\/"},"modified":"2016-04-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T00:00:00","slug":"dead-bearded-vulture-found-last-year-in-switzerland-had-been-released-in-vercors-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/blog\/dead-bearded-vulture-found-last-year-in-switzerland-had-been-released-in-vercors-in-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead bearded vulture found last year in Switzerland\u00a0had been released in Vercors in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

In April 2015 a Swiss game warden called Toni Schmid found, with the help of his dog, the remains of a young bearded vulture in an avalanche in the Gasterntal in Switzerland. Unfortunately there were only some feathers and bones left, and no rings could not be detected. The Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health from the University of Berne in Switzerland examined the remains but could not make any conclusions about the cause of death. Bones were sent for analysis\u00a0for lead level and muscle tissue was used to genotype the bird.<\/p>\n

The result from the genetic analysis are now available. The bird could be identified as Ang\u00e9lo, an offspring from Hans and Mascha, the breeding pair at the Animal- and Landscapepark in Arth-Goldau in Switzerland. Hans and Mascha are at the moment raising their 13th chick which can be followed via an excellent webcam>><\/a><\/p>\n

Ang\u00e9lo was released in 2012 in the Parc Naturel R\u00e9gional du Vercors. He spent the first\u00a0few weeks\u00a0around the\u00a0Vercors, and then made a small excursion to to the West, and crossed the river Rhone (see map). In 2013 he could be observed quite a lot around Les Baronnies, where he frequented the local feeding station (see photo).\u00a0Both Les\u00a0Baronnies and Vercors are release sites in the ongoing\u00a0LIFE GypConnect project which aims to connect the Pyrenean and Alpine bearded vulture population. Hence\u00a0Angelo\u00b4s\u00a0trip to the west is a good omen. He then flew to Switzerland where he stayedin the Bernese Oberland. The last GPS position was received on the 24 February 2015 and is from the same valley where Ang\u00e9lo was later found dead.<\/p>\n

For the still small and vulnerable bearded vulture population in the Alps the loss of\u00a0one individual is still significant. It is also extremely\u00a0important to find the causes of\u00a0mortality in order to minimize them.<\/p>\n