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Zoo de Lille and Éspace Rambouillet organize fundraising events for the VCF

The Zoo de Lille and the Éspace Rambouillet have kindly organized fundraising ...
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Longevity record for wild griffon vultures broken

On the 6th of May 1996 a griffon vulture chick was ringed ...
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Tagged Ruppel´s vulture moves from Portugal to France

The Rüppell’s Griffon Vulture (Gyps ruppellii) that had been found starved in ...
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Eurasian Black Vulture chick raised successfully in Antwerp Zoo

This summer, Antwerp Zoo (Belgium) has enriched its exhibition with the addition ...
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Egyptian Vultures bred again in Malaga province (Spain)

After some year’s absence, the Egyptian Vulture bred again this Spring-Summer in ...
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Egyptian Vultures using tools – new photos

The use of tools by animals has always fascinated the human mind. ...
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Massive poisoning of vultures reported from Africa

Poisoning is the major threat affecting vultures worldwide – and the main ...
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Live the challenges that the Egyptian vulture has to face through a new computer game!

An original game, entitled Life of the Egyptian Vulture, has been released ...
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Expedition to Albania finds only 8 pairs of Egyptian Vulture

A decade ago, it was estimated that up to 20 pairs of ...
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More and more Black Vultures are appearing in the Italian Eastern Alps

Presence of Black and Egyptian Vulture in the Italian Eastern Alps In ...
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Importance of Protected Areas for the reintroduction of bearded vultures in the Alps – poster

Bearded vultures went extinct in the Alpine chain in the beginning of ...
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Two new residents in the Vercors

Two young bearded vultures, one born in the Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna, ...
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Rüppel’s Griffon Vulture wing tagged in Portugal

By Alfonso Godino & Catarina Machado The Rüppell’s Griffon Vulture (Gyps ruppellii) ...
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After an incredible voyage through middle Europe, Bernd the bearded vulture decides to go alone…

In the last few weeks bearded vulture researchers and enthusiasts have followed ...
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Baby in the cave – follow the new born Egyptian vulture through the nest webcam!

After 42 days of incubation, a baby Egyptian vulture nesting in a ...
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Aschka and Kalandraka released in the Swiss Alps

It was still winter when Kalandraka – a young bearded vulture – ...
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Young bearded vultures released in Cazorla (Andalucía), Spain

The first releases from the 2013 bearded vulture breeding programme, coordinated by ...
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VCF publishes landmark compilation on the Balkan vultures

BVAP – 10 years of research and conserva Adobe Acrobat Document 4.4 MB Download ...
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Glocknerlady released in National Park Hohe Tauern on 5th May

Glocknerlady (named after the highest mountain in Austria, the Großglockner, which is ...
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A Black Vulture in Eastern Balkan Mountains for a first time in more than thirty years!

On April 23d a photo-trap set at the vulture supplementary feeding site in ...
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