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Bearded Vulture Wally photographed in flight © @auswahl/ Instagram

Missing Bearded Vulture Wally found dead

Sad news from the Bearded Vulture reintroduction efforts in the Bavarian Alps: ...
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Spanish Cinereous Vultures Krushuna (on the left) and Galyo (on the right) 3

Nine Spanish Cinereous Vultures recently released in Bulgaria’s wild

Nine additional wild-hatched Cinereous Vultures coming from Spain have recently joined the ...
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Cinereous Vulture © Bruno Berthemy

Research review: High long-term survival and asymmetric movements in a reintroduced metapopulation of Cinereous Vultures

A recent study assessed the role survival and movements play in the ...
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Conservation on the ground: training Guinea-Bissau officials on anti-poisoning response

Two years ago, we received the shocking news that more than 2000 Hooded ...
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Two more Bearded Vultures released in Parc Natural de la Tinença de Benifassà

Two more Bearded Vultures released in Parc Natural de la Tinença de Benifassà

Following the recent arrival of Bearded Vultures Ereta and Espèrit in Parc ...
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Vote LIFE RE-Vultures for the LIFE Citizens’ Prize Award and support vulture recovery

The efforts of the LIFE RE-Vultures project to preserve and increase the ...
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The First Bearded Vulture releases of 2022 already took place

The First Bearded Vulture releases of 2022 already took place

On Monday, 9 May, the first 2022 Bearded Vulture releases into the ...
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Mortality event causes a huge blow to the Griffon Vulture population in Cyprus_necrospy 3 birds_© Silvio A. Rusmigo

Mortality event causes a huge blow to the Griffon Vulture population in Cyprus

The status of the Griffon Vulture in Cyprus seems even bleaker due ...
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Bearded Vulture in flight illustrative © Nello Petito

Natural recolonization: Bearded Vulture pair attempts to breed in La Rioja, Spain, 70 years after extinction

A significant event for Bearded Vulture conservation transpired in La Rioja, Spain ...
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The first Bearded Vulture releases of 2022 are just around the corner

After a long and productive breeding season in captivity, it is time ...
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Transferring Spanish Cinereous Vultures to Bulgaria for the last time

An additional batch of Spanish Cinereous Vultures is on their way to ...
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Electrocution takes the life of Griffon Vulture Nepheli in Cyprus

The journeys of Griffon Vulture Nepheli in the Cypriot skies ended rather ...
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The last Bearded Vulture chick that hatched in captivity in 2022

How many Bearded Vulture chicks hatched in captivity this year?

Since last autumn, when the first Bearded Vulture pairs began exhibiting breeding ...
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Illegal wildlife poisoning depletes Balkan biodiversity yet only 1% of cases reach court

The illegal use of poisonous substances in the environment to target ‘undesirable’ ...
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Marking an Egyptian Vulture in the Canary Islands © LIFE Egyptian Vulture project

The ‘guirre’ Egyptian Vulture population in the Canary Islands exceeds 400 individuals

In 2021, the Egyptian Vulture population in the Canary Islands, exceeded 400 ...
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Cinereous Vulture in Bulgaria_Hristo Peshev/ FWFF

Captive-bred and reintroduced Cinereous Vulture Riga settles down in Greece

The captive-bred and reintroduced Cinereous Vulture Riga has settled down in Greece! ...
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Confirmed for the first time in Europe: A captive-bred Egyptian Vulture forms a pair in the wild

For the first time in Europe, a captive-bred Egyptian Vulture released in ...
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Research review: A Global Review of Causes of Morbidity and Mortality in Free-Living Vultures

A recent systematic review determined the most common causes of morbidity and ...
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Conservation milestone: Reintroduced Cinereous Vulture pair hatches the first chick in Bulgaria’s Western Balkan Mountains

Conservationists have been working for nearly 30 years to reintroduce the Cinereous ...
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One more Cinereous Vulture in Portugal becomes part of important monitoring activities 2

One more Cinereous Vulture in Portugal becomes part of important monitoring activities

One more Cinereous Vulture in Portugal got a second chance in life following a ...
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