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Unexpected visitor: A young Griffon Vulture lands in a city centre in Sardinia 

This summer has seen a noticeable uptick in wildlife sightings across highly ...
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Technology and monitoring in the service of Cinereous Vulture conservation

GPS/GSM transmitters help reduce mortality, but not all stories have a happy ...
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wildlife crime investigation in andalusia

Battling illegal wildlife poisoning: Insights from Spain’s approach

The use of poison and other nonselective methods to control wildlife has ...
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Join us: International Vulture Awareness Day is one week away 

The International Vulture Awareness Day (IVAD) is just around the corner.   IVAD, ...
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Two more Griffon Vultures electrocuted on Cyprus power lines 

The Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) population in Cyprus has been hit hard ...
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Enev (c) Miroslav Enev

Meet Bulgaria’s Cinereous Vulture chicks of 2024 

In a landmark achievement for vulture conservation, Bulgaria set a new breeding ...
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Fremuth in Austria. Photo: Elena Kmetova-Biro.

The beloved wandering Cinereous Vulture “Fremuth” was shot in Romania  

Fremuth, a Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) hatched in Spain in May 2020, ...
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Three young Bearded Vultures Gaia, Paradiso, and Aurora are thriving in the Swiss Alps 

On the morning of 6 June, 2024, high in the Swiss Alps ...
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A golden summer for Egyptian Vultures in the Balkans 

The Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus), a species listed as globally endangered, has ...
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Cinereous vulture in a nest in the Nuratau Natural State Reserve, Uzbekistan ©Photo: Erik Salimov 

Juvenile Cinereous Vultures tagged in Central Asia for the first time 

In a landmark conservation effort, five juvenile Cinereous Vultures (Aegypius monachus) were ...
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Join us for International Vulture Awareness Day (IVAD) 2024 

The first Saturday of September (7 September 2024) marks the International Vulture ...
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Cinereous Vulture chick tagged in Malcata

LIFE Aegypius Return: 34 Cinereous Vulture chicks already tagged 

The “tagging season” of Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) chicks ended at the ...
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The tagged Cinereous Vulture chick in its nest in Georgia (c) Sabuko

Cinereous Vulture tagged in Georgia 

On July 30, 2024, a team from Sabuko gathered in the picturesque ...
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register now for international bearded vulture meeting

Registration is open for the Annual Bearded Vulture Meeting 2024 

As the Bearded Vultures prepare for a new breeding season this November, ...
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Cinereous Vulture chick that hatched this year at the Douro International cross-border colony were tagged in July

Three new Cinereous Vulture chicks tagged in Douro International, the most fragile breeding colony in Portugal 

Three of the only five Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) chicks that hatched ...
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Rei del Causse Bearded vulture

Rei del Causse returned to his ”kingdom” in Grands Causses, France

The famous adventurer, a Bearded Vulture called Rei del Causse, has finally ...
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White-rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis) flying

Vulture decline in India linked to death of 500,000 people, study suggests 

According to a recent study, the decline of vulture population in India ...
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Bearded Vulture pair busy with breeding season in South Africa © NESTFLIX

Nestflix: Watch live a Bearded Vulture pair’s breeding season in South Africa 

As the breeding season calms down for Bearded Vultures in Europe with ...
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Releasing Cinereous Vultures in Bulgaria – An unexpected ‘love story’ 

Nine Cinereous Vultures (Aegypius monachus) were transported to Kresna Gorge in Bulgaria ...
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Young Cinereous Vulture on the ground with a freshly applied GPS transmitter on its back. On the side of the picture, the LIFE Aegypius Return green shirt.

New Cinereous Vulture breeding colony discovered in Portugal

Following the discovery of a fifth breeding colony by the ICNF, the ...
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