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Six griffon vultures released back to nature in Croatia

Late last month the Croatian NGO “Grifon” released 6 young Griffon vultures, ...
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Fourteen released, one to go! One young bearded vulture released this weekend in Andalusia

The 14th young bearded vulture to be released this year in the ...
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A scatter of bearded vultures in northern Europe!

After a wild-fledged young was spotted in Holland and northern Germany last ...
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New study published yesterday shows that African vultures are declining at a critical rate, and heading towards extinction

A new paper published this week in the scientific journal Conservation Letters ...
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The problem of poisoning in the Balkans and its impact on vulture conservation debated at a workshop

The VCF has recently participated in a two-day workshop organized in Papingo ...
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Vultures INDEED return! First successful breeding of griffon vulture in the Central Balkan Mountains for more than 70 years!

Hard work usually pays off – indeed, one of those  joyful momentous ...
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The bearded vulture greets the cyclists in the Critérium du Dauphiné

This cycling race – the 4th most popular in the world – ...
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Four more young bearded vultures will be released this weekend – two in Andalucía and two in the Italian Alps

So far we have released 9 young bearded vultures across Europe, in ...
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Three young bearded vultures will be released tomorrow in the Swiss Alps  

Following the releases of bearded vultures in Cazorla (see here), the Grands ...
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The status of the griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) in Italy in 2014: population further increased to 135 breeding pairs

The current status of the 5 Eurasian griffon vulture populations in Italy ...
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Two young bearded vultures will be released Thursday in the Hohe Tauern National Park (Austria)

Following the release of the first bearded vulture young in Cazorla (see ...
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Release of bearded vultures in Cazorla a huge success!

The release of two bearded vultures last Saturday in Cazorla (Andalucia) was ...
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Two young bearded vultures will be released tomorrow in the Grands Causses

Following the release of the first two young yesterday in Cazorla (see ...
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Unique footage of the first wild bearded vulture in Andalusia for more than 30 years – today two more young were released in the reintroduction project there

Only nine years after the first bearded vultures were released back into ...
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Two bearded vultures will be released tomorrow in Andalucía

They will reinforce the reintroduced population, in a milestoneyear that marked first ...
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Young bearded vulture still in Northwest Germany

The young bearded vulture which was observed last week in the Netherlands ...
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Restoration of the bearded vulture in Europe – this year’s releases will start soon!

15 bearded vultures will be released in Andalucía, Grands Causses,Swiss Alps, Parco ...
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The silent killer strikes again – this time in Portugal and with a big conservation impact

Four black vultures and one Egyptian vulture were found dead this weekend ...
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Bearded vulture breeding season in the Alps – an update

Extinct 100 years ago across the alpine chain, the bearded vultures are ...
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Young bearded vulture first seen in Holland continuing its journey through Europe – now in northern Germany

The young bearded vulture which was observed on Tuesday in the Netherlands ...
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