A recently published journal article shares interesting results derived from studying the movements of 30 GPS tagged Hooded Vulture across eastern, western and southern Africa. Tracking
Guinea-Bissau became a vulture graveyard over the past couple of months, with an unprecedented situation killing a minimum of 1,600 Hooded Vultures (Necrosyrtes monachus),
Lead ammunition used in hunting activities presents a risk to vultures, other wildlife and people. The fragmentation of lead ammunition and the dissolution of
Vultures face multiple threats and secondary poisoning is one of the most serious. If animals that are euthanized with veterinary drugs (e.g. sodium pentobarbital)
Unfortunately, yet another mass poisoning incident occurred in Africa, ending 2019 on a sad note for vulture conservation. Two days before Christmas in Northern
A few days ago, government institutions and non-governmental organisations joined forces to develop a strategy to fight illegal wildlife poisoning. This strategy will be one
Every year, Egyptian Vultures make a round trip of around 7,000km from their breeding areas in Europe to their winter grounds in sub-Saharan Africa.
The captive-bred Egyptian Vultures, Sara and Tobia, were released in Italy in 2015. Both birds migrated to Africa after their release and have not
During the first four days in October, we will be bringing together scientists, conservationists and the public in the Algarve, Portugal, for an international
At the end of April, a mature Griffon Vulture marked with a GPS transmitter was discovered dead in the area of Studen Kladenets Reservoir in the
16 of the 27 poisoned vulture carcasses recently discovered in Zululand – Image Supplied Mass poisoning strikes again – this time killing at least
One of the two Egyptian Vultures, Sara, released in Italy by the Centro Rapaci Minacciati, Endangered Raptors Centre (CERM) has completed her Spring migration and is
Five of the Egyptian Vultures being tracked for the LIFE Rupis project have successfully returned to their summer ranges in the Douro region on
Across Africa vulture populations are in freefall, since a groundbreaking study in 2015 highlighted the extent of the crisis, the numbers of vultures continue
Just like the Egyptian Vultures the team working on the Egyptian Vulture New LIFE team have headed south for a winter migration for the
Breeding pair of Egyptian vultures in Meteora (c) D.Vavylis HOS/BirdLife Greece The Hellenic Ornithology Society/Birdlife Greece and the WWF Greece carried out their annual
As winter approaches in the European mountains and the population of bearded vultures the African sub-species in the southern hemisphere are busy rearing their
A significant breakthrough has been made in establishing cooperation with relevant government institutions in Macedonia towards combating wildlife poisoning. A National Anti-Poisoning Meeting took
One of the objectives of the Balkan Anti-poison project (BAPP), an integral part of the Mediterranean Anti-poison project funded by the Mava Foundation and
The Vulture MsAP – a global conservation plan to protect 15 species of wold world vultures, that was endorsed by the Convention for Migratory
