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Three new papers published recently on bearded vultures worldwide – New data confirms worrying declines in Southern Africa and the Himalayas
Three interesting papers have been published recently on bearded vultures. Data from ...
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One more massive vulture poisoning incident reported from Africa: 92 vultures died in Botswana
The Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF), together with a number of other conservation ...
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African Raptors Newsletter #4
The latest edition of the African Raptors Newsletter has been published. It ...
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New evidence published today shows that veterinary diclofenac kills eagles too
This drug is now ‘a global problem’ threatening many vulnerable birds of ...
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New VCF film on the bearded vulture reintroduction project in the Alps
Last week the first two bearded vultures were released in the Grands ...
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Breeding season in the bearded vulture captive breeding network finished – results mixed, but releases into the wild about to star
Photo: Alex Llopis Dell During the next two weeks several young bearded ...
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Listen to an interview with the VCF on diclofenac on Radio New Zealand
Podcast – interview with Radio New Zealand Interview Radio New Zealand.mp3 MP3 ...
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120 black vultures at the feeding station in Turkey
Photo: Bruno Barthemy Last week 120 black vultures were seen feeding at ...
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Bearded Vultures seen in Extremadura (Western Spain)
Photo John Muddeman Two different individuals of bearded vultures (Gypaetus barbatus) have ...
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New film: Commissioner Borg, please ban veterinary diclofenac!
The VCF, together with BirdLife International, asks Commissioner Borg to take urgent ...
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Three adopted bearded vulture chicks growing well in Austria – see the video
In the bearded vulture captive breeding network chicks often need to be ...
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VCF is supporting Turkey´s only regularly functioning vulture feeding station
Turkey has significant vulture populations, but also many threats. Electrocution and poison ...
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Diclofenac in Europe – the battle rages on!
Some progress, some setbacks, some plans. The VCF is continuing to lead ...
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Junta de Andalucia and VCF organise workshop on the African vultures poison crisis
Vultures are declining very fast in Africa, and poisoning is the number ...
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Breaking News: Research suggests that Egyptian vultures may also be susceptible to Diclofenac
New evidence that Egyptian vultures may also be affected by diclofenac Galligan ...
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VCF participates in a training course on police and forensic investigation of poising incidents in nature
The use of poison against predators or carnivores is a common illegal ...
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New paper – Egyptian vultures & human disturbance
Human disturbance has been identified as one of the main causes of ...
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Diclofenac in Europe – update. Where are we?
Latest News (for background information on Diclofenac in Europe: see news from the ...
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New film – bearded vulture chick from Ostrava Zoo is adopted by the pair at Schönbrunn (Vienna)
The bearded vulture breeding season in the captive breeding network is in ...
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Good news from Armenia – Bearded Vultures in Yerevan Zoo are breeding!
Yerevan Zoo in Armenia has always been known for its presentation of ...
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