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The ‘guirre’ Egyptian Vulture population in the Canary Islands exceeds 400 individuals
In 2021, the Egyptian Vulture population in the Canary Islands, exceeded 400 …
Captive-bred and reintroduced Cinereous Vulture Riga settles down in Greece
The captive-bred and reintroduced Cinereous Vulture Riga has settled down in Greece! …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
New video illustrates the progress of the LIFE GypConnect project
The LIFE GypConnect project recently released a video offering an inside look …
The Vultures Back to LIFE project is a finalist for the European Commission’s Natura 2000 awards
The European Commission recently announced the finalists of the 6th edition of …
International Observation Days 2021: Bearded Vulture population estimates and more insights
Over a thousand participants have joined the 2021 International Bearded Vulture Observation …
100 protected vultures killed in Assam, India – Officials suspect poisoning incident targeting dogs
A mass vulture mortality event recently transpired, causing significant damage – as …
Serious poisoning incident causes mass mortality of protected birds in Serbia
It has been a terrible past few days for poisoning mortality, with …
One of the recent poisoning victims in Bulgaria was a female Cinereous Vulture with an egg
This past Monday, nature conservation in Bulgaria suffered a significant blow. A …
Years of reintroduction efforts compromised: Four Cinereous Vultures illegally poisoned in Bulgaria
Bulgaria’s nature has been deprived of Cinereous Vulture nesting pairs for decades. …
Reintroducing Cinereous Vultures in the Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria – 2021 overview
The Vultures Back to LIFE project has been releasing Cinereous Vultures in …
Esperanza, the first wild-hatched Bearded Vulture in Andalusia since reintroduction project, builds its first nest
Our Bearded Vulture reintroduction project in Andalusia reached another milestone! Esperanza, the …
Releasing captive-bred Egyptian Vultures to the wild in Israel – is the reintroduction project working?
A recently published paper demonstrates the first signs of success in Egyptian Vulture reintroduction …
First Bearded Vulture egg-laying in Vercors since 1870
The Bearded Vulture disappeared from much of its range in Europe over …
Our Andalusian centre welcomes the first Bearded Vulture chick of 2022
It is that time of the year again when Bearded Vulture chicks …
Cinereous Vulture population tripled in Mallorca in the last decade
The results from the first photographic census reveal that the Cinereous Vulture …
Watch the presentations of the 27th ‘Vautours’ meeting online
Between 15 to 17 February 2022, the 27th ‘Vautours’ meeting (27èmes rencontres …
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