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Over 90 vultures poisoned in Africa – sad news on the International Biodiversity Day
Hundreds of vulture researchers and conservation managers have been engaging with the ...
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Who is the culprit when a bone falls on your roof?
Bearded vultures are known mainly because of their peculiar food – the ...
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Another young bearded vulture in the Netherlands and Germany
A young bearded vulture (probably wild born, 2nd calendar year) was found ...
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Bearded vultures Leoux & ProNatura released in Baronnies with hundreds of people celebrating one of the most remarkable wildlife comeback stories of our times
Local mayors, the president of the Parc Naturel Regional des Baronnies Provençales, ...
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Two more bearded vultures will be released tomorrow in Baronnies – following the first successful release of the season in the Grands Causses on the 2nd of May
As part of its programme to restore the bearded vulture across Europe, ...
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The symbolic representation of vultures across civilizations – a review
Vultures and Men have been long intertwined – ever since a stone ...
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Scattering of black vulture observations in northern France attests to the species increase in the country
In the last few days black vultures have been observed in some ...
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LIFE RUPIS – An analysis of poisoning cases in the Spanish side of the Douro canyon
The use of poison is one of the main causes of unnatural ...
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Breeding bearded vultures in captivity – in the words of a volunteer
Last week saw the first releases this year of captive-bred bearded vultures ...
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Bearded vulture Roc Genèse came back to its natal area in the Pre-Pyrenees – his brother Flamadel could not be tagged
Roc Genèse, the first wild bearded vulture nestling ever tagged in the ...
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Help needed to transport magazines from Germany to Switzerland
We are looking for one or more volunteers who are driving from Germany to Switzerland ...
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Egyptian vulture Rupis busy flying around the Douro area – but will probably not breed this year
Rupis – the subadult Egyptian vulture which was captured and tagged in ...
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The most recent newsletter of IUCN´s Vulture Specialist Group published
The IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Vulture Specialist Group (VSG) is dedicated to ...
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Black vulture Bernardus is back in France!
Black vulture Bernardus is back in France! Bernardus – the young black ...
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Reintroducing bearded vultures to the wild – first release of the Spring this week in the Grands Causses!
This year the VCF and its partners are hoping to release 17 ...
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Third newsletter of the LIFE+ GYPCONNECT published – linking bearded vultures from the Alps to the Pyrenees
One and a half years after the LIFE+ project GYPCONECT started, you ...
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Egyptian vultures Tobia and Sara, now on their 3rd year, are still in Africa!
In August-September of 2015 6 captive-bred Egyptian vultures have been released in ...
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The VCF is supporting colleagues in South Africa to establish a captive-breeding programme for the bearded vulture
Bearded vultures in South Africa are in dire straits – monitoring of ...
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Ostrava Zoo runs campaign for the VCF – and produces one bearded vulture chick too
The bearded vulture captive breeding network for conservation, managed by the VCF ...
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Egyptian Vultures and Bone crushing factories in Uttar Pradesh, India – a curious relationship
One of the VCF´s priorities is the conservation of Egyptian vulture, the ...
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