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A letter from 1791 takes us back in time to see how the Bearded Vulture was perceived in Switzerland during that period
William Coxe FRS was an English historian and priest who served as ...
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Griffon Vultures in Messolonghi, Greece, tagged with GPS transmitters to track their movements and help tackle wildlife poisoning
In early March, five Griffon Vultures were equipped with GPS transmitters in ...
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IUCN’s Vulture Specialist Group position on the role of vultures in disease transmission
Vultures and condors provide important ecosystem services, and their position as apex ...
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Research review: A review of secondary pentobarbital poisoning in scavenging wildlife, companion animals and captive carnivores
Vultures face multiple threats and secondary poisoning is one of the most ...
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Two reintroduced Bearded Vultures observed and identified in the wild again
Bearded Vultures Gerlinde and Calandreto who were released in different areas and ...
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Bearded Vulture chicks in Andalucia are hatching both in the wild and in captivity!
One of the most successful breeding pairs, coming from a captive background, ...
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The Cinereous Vulture Barnabie has a new mission in life
The Cinereous Vulture Barnabie is a captive-bred bird from Parc des Oiseauxthat was ...
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Egyptian Vulture Faia is the first LIFE Rupis bird to safely cross the Strait of Gibraltar on her way back home this spring
It’s that time of the year again when Egyptian Vultures start their ...
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The seventh edition of La Plume du Life, the LIFE GypConnect newsletter, released
The LIFE GypConnect aims to establish a breeding population of Bearded Vultures in the ...
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New records for the rare Cinereous Vulture in the Central Balkan and Vrachanski Balkan
A large excursion of the reintroduced Cinereous Vultures from the Eastern Balkan ...
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Griffon Vulture with transmitter found dead in the Eastern Rhodopes
In the morning of the 26thth of February, another Griffon Vulture was ...
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Recent illegal wildlife poisoning in Serbia kills birds and mammals
A new poisoning incident has struck Serbia again, this time in the ...
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Vulture conservation disaster in Guinea Bissau is nearing 1000 vulture fatalities
It started with 200 vulture deaths on 23 February and suddenly rose ...
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Intentional poisoning of wildlife is now a crime in Albania
Unlike the other Balkan countries, where deliberate poisoning is well-incorporated and clearly ...
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#WorldWildlifeDay: Together we can save vultures – how the Bearded Vulture is returning to its former range in Europe
The Bearded Vulture is an exceptional vulture species that has evolved to primarily feed ...
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Get to know Mort – the vulture protagonist of this new children’s book
There is a new addition to the vulture literary sphere – the ...
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Possibly the highest Bearded Vulture nest at almost 5000 metres altitude discovered in the Himalayas
Some propose that Bearded Vultures can nest at an altitude of over 5000 metres, ...
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A vulture conservation disaster: over 600 vultures dead across Guinea-Bissau with death toll continually increasing
Hundreds of vultures have been found dead this week in Guinea-Bissau (Guiné-Bissau), ...
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Watch what it takes to breed a Bearded Vulture in captivity
Captive breeding can play a vital role for conservation programmes of rare ...
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The VCF at the CoP13 of the Convention for Migratory Species
Vultures, vultures, vultures! The 2,500 participants in the biggest ever Conference of the ...
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