The Vulture Multi-species Action Plan (Vulture MsAP), approved recently in the conference of the parties of the Convention for Migratory Species – a global
The “silent killer” decimates vultures in the heart of Europe – at least 15 griffons poisoned in the mountains of Granada The Vulture Multi-species
The female Poiares did exactly what the other 4 had done – flew south from the Douro, and spent the first night in Spanish
Barely two days after leaving the Douro region, the female Egyptian vulture Faia is already in Africa. Faia left the area on Thursday 24th
The three adult Egyptian vultures captured and tagged this summer within the LIFE RUPIS project have now been named, after a vote in which
In southern Africa the bearded vulture occurs in the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountain range in South Africa and Lesotho, and is represented by a different subspecies
The Egyptian vultures breeding in the Douro canyon are still in Africa, but soon they will be starting their migration to Europe – and
About ten days ago some hunters discovered carcasses of two sheep laced with a strange substance –a suspected poison – in the Eastern Rhodope
Earlier this week we reported on the latest mass poisoning of vultures in Kenya. Very sad to report another one, this time in Zimbabwe:
A new paper published today in the conservation journal Oryx raises the alarm about the link between the increasing use of poisons in elephant
4 species are now Critically Endangered Vultures are the big losers in the 2015 update of the IUCN red data list, announced today – out
We already knew that the situation with vultures in Africa was dire – a paper published last June showed that six out of eight
Only a few days after 70+ Egyptian vulture experts from all over Europe, Africa and he Middle east discussed in Bulgaria how to enhance
The VCF has this week contributed and co-facilitated a workshop to develop an international species action plan for the Egyptian vulture eastern flyway –
A new paper published this week in the scientific journal Conservation Letters by an international team of researchers from across Africa, Europe and North
In recent years there have been increasing reports of widespread use of poison impacting wildlife across Africa and Asia. Predators are poisoned in retaliation
Last week (24th August) an African white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) has been seen at the Estação Biológica do Garducho, near Mourão (Portugal), in one
It is well known that Africa vultures are declining across most of the continent. Drivers of decline vary from region to region – in
Two Egyptian vultures were found dead by poison on the 2nd of April, close to Amfipoli, Northern Greece, by researchers from the Hellenic Ornithological Society (HOS).
Cinereous Vulture Esperança (which means “hope” in Portuguese) was released in 2021 after being rehabilitated in a wildlife rescue centre. Last week, after the
