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New paper: eggshell thickness from bearded vulture eggs from the Pyrenees decreased abruptly after 2004
Shell thickness of bearded vulture eggs from the period 1989 to 2012 ...
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Two cinereous vultures found dead, presumably poisoned, in Thrace (Greece)
Poison is the main threat to vultures worldwide, as identified in the ...
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Two griffons born in Amsterdam zoo transported to Sardinia to restock the wild population
Two young griffon vultures bred in captivity in Amsterdam Zoo will soon ...
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Tagging of Ruppell´s vultures – in Africa and Spain
Tagging of vultures – putting up GPS/GSM tags in live, wild vultures, ...
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The VCF is hiring 3 new staff members!
The VCF is the leading organisation on vulture conservation in Europe, and ...
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Why do foraging Spanish vultures stop at the border with Portugal? Because of different sanitary policies!
A new paper just published by Arrondo et al in the journal ...
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Video: Anti-collision markers put on a high-voltage line with a drone (LIFE GYPHELP)
The LIFE GYPHELP project, in which the VCF is a partner, focus ...
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29 eggs and counting – busy period in the bearded vulture captive breeding network!
By the 3rd of January a total of 29 eggs had been ...
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Rehabilitated griffons returned to the wild in southern Portugal
Late last year a total of 12 griffon vultures that had entered ...
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Bearded vultures featured in Le Monde
The reintroduction of the bearded vulture in the Alps – one of ...
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10 year old Spanish griffon vulture found dead in Bulgaria
First confirmation ofan Iberian griffon vulture in the Balkans Griffon vultures occurred ...
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The VCF top stories for 2017
The VCF website and social media channels bring you almost every day ...
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Bulgarian partners visit nest platforms for cinereous vultures in Portugal
Earlier this month a team from the Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF) and ...
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Cinereous Vulture Flyway Action Plan published
Strategic plan for the conservation of the cinereous vulture across its entire ...
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The VCF wishes you a Merry Xmas!
Now that we are all preparing to spend one of the longest ...
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New book about raptors (and vultures) in Italy
A new book about Raptors in Italy (Rapaci italiani – written in ...
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Another 22 griffon vultures sent from Spain for reintroduction in Bulgaria
On the 19th of December 2017, a group of 22 griffon vultures ...
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Another NSAID turns out to be lethal to vultures – in the meantime diclofenac is still being sold in Europe!
Griffon vultures feeding. © G. Jiménez García The effect of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory ...
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Egyptian vulture conservation in Sicily – project LIFE Conrasi
The Egyptian vulture population in Italy is on the verge of extinction, ...
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