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Vultures indirectly regulate the abundance of foxes through limiting their access to carrion – new paper

Vultures are obligate scavengers, as they depend totally on carrion. Facultative scavengers, ...
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LIFE RE-Vultures – news from the Rhodopes at the project annual meeting

At the end of February, the partners of the LIFE RE-Vultures met ...
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Human persecution still a threat to Himalayan bearded vultures

We have recently received the above photos from our colleague Tulsi Subedi, ...
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25 griffon Vultures from Extremadura (Spain) on the way to Sardinia (Italy)

The VCF is currently transporting a group of 25 Griffon Vultures (Gyps ...
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A visitor from Spain in the LIFE Rupis area

Recently some photos of a colour-ringed Egyptian vulture, taken last Spring (May ...
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The young bearded vulture is now in the Netherlands…

We reported only some days ago that the young bearded vulture was ...
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Jana and Tempestosa: Two griffon vultures released in Sardinia within LIFE Grifone

This week two griffon vultures that were successfully rehabilitated were released in ...
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Bearded vultures and lead poisoning – The Cévennes National Park (France) is promoting lead-free hunting practices

Lead (Pb) is a metabolic poison that can negatively influence biological processes, ...
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Young wandering bearded vulture still in Germany!

The young bearded vulture which was observed in mid-February in Western Germany ...
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Infogipeto – latest newsletter on the bearded vulture reintroduction project in the Alps just published (in Italian)

The bearded vulture reintroduction project in the Alps is one of the ...
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Portuguese police establishes the first-ever anti-poisoning dog teams in northern Portugal – soon they will start patrolling the LIFE RUPIS area

The GNR – one of the LIFE RUPIS project partners – will ...
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Bearded vultures in the Alps – looks like we are having another great breeding season!

The bearded vulture breeding season is in full swing, and so far, ...
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Bearded vulture clutch extracted from a wild nest in Corsica again –  part of a plan to save this highly endangered population from extinction

The double clutch of one of the few remaining bearded vulture pairs ...
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Frustration – and then hope – with the only black vulture pair in Douro International

The single pair of black vulture that established itself in the Douro ...
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Bernardus has overwintered in Toledo (Spain). Where will she go in Spring?

Bernardus – the young black vulture female which already flew over large ...
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Griffon vultures and livestock activities – the French national action plan to decrease potential problems is now available for public consultation

The French ministries of Agriculture and Environment have produced and are now ...
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Three black vultures to be released tomorrow in the Gorges du Verdon (France)

Three black vultures with a Spanish origin will be released tomorrow in ...
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Bearded Vulture in Western Germany

A very interesting observation arrived today from Germany. Edith Höhner could observe ...
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Hundreds of vulture experts ask for a global ban of veterinary diclofenac – while the government of Portugal is considering to approve it!

35 vulture experts and conservation managers that have met in Toledo last ...
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Bearded vultures and lead poisoning – National Park Hohe Tauern (Austria) is promoting lead-free hunting practices

Lead (Pb) is a metabolic poison that can negatively influence biological processes, ...
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