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Easter eggs? Or how decades of experience contribute to breed bearded vultures in captivity for conservation
The VCF coordinates the bearded vulture captive breeding network, a huge system ...
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Rupis about to cross the Gibraltar strait!
Rupis – the subadult Egyptian vulture which was captured and tagged in ...
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Taking a stand for vultures in Albania
Historically, Albania has been home to all four of Europe’s vulture species. ...
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Egyptian vulture Rupis is on the way to Iberia!
Rupis – the subadult Egyptian vulture which was captured and tagged in ...
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Spectacular aerial duel between bearded vultures in the French Alps results in the death of one of them
We have recently published evidence about the natural mortality of an Egyptian ...
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Bearded vultures in the Alps – on course for another record-breaking breeding season
The bearded vulture breeding season in the Alps is quite advanced, and ...
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31 vultures dead after being hit by a train in India
During the development of the Vultures Multi-Species Action Plan, which the VCF ...
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Poisoning incident in Kresna Gorge (Bulgaria) gets even bigger – a total of 18 griffon vultures now confirmed dead
Last week we reported that at least 8 griffon vultures, and several ...
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Bearded vulture “Lea” (released in Austria in 2015) has been recovered weakened in Temú (Italy), near National Park Stelvio – probably a victim of collision
On the 23rd of March an immature bearded vulture named Lea was ...
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Black vulture Bernardus is on the move again!
Bernardus – the young black vulture female which already flew over large ...
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And the survey of breeding Egyptian vultures started in the Douro canyons …
The survey of the Egyptian vultures breeding in the transboundary Douro canyon ...
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A poacher kills the last black vulture in Alinyà, Spain
Photos of Trasgu before (up) and after (down) the incident © Boumort-Alinyà ...
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Young wandering bearded vulture now in northern Germany, on the North Sea.
The young bearded vulture which was observed in mid-February in Western Germany ...
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Egyptian vulture “falls from the sky” – rare accident kills breeding bird in Portugal
Recently colleagues working in the project LIFE RUPIS were alerted by a ...
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Massive poisoning incident(s) in Kresna George, Bulgaria, deals a blow to the recovering Balkan griffon vulture population
Within the last two weeks a total of 8 griffon vultures, and ...
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Griffons in peril in Cyprus – only 21 birds left and no breeding in the last two years
The griffon vulture Gyps fulvus is the largest and arguably the most ...
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New research project on the presence of diclofenac and other anti-inflammatory drugs in avian scavengers in the Iberian Peninsula
Avian scavengers and, in particular, some species of vultures, are extremely sensitive ...
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Two pairs – and two chicks – in the bearded vulture reintroduction project in Andalusia!
Marchena (left) and Hortelano (right) flying together in their territory ® Paco ...
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Breeding bearded vultures for reintroduction: a tale of a successful adoption of hatchling in Guadalentin
100 years after going extinct in the Alps, the bearded vulture is ...
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2016 bearded vulture captive breeding season annual report just published – record breaking season, 27 young produced & 17 reintroduced back to the wild
100 years after going extinct in the Alps, the bearded vulture is ...
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