Category: News
LIFE RUPIS – An analysis of poisoning cases in the Spanish side of the Douro canyon
Maio 9, 2017
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
Maio 7, 2017
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
Maio 6, 2017
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
Maio 5, 2017
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
Maio 4, 2017
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
Maio 3, 2017
The IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Vulture Specialist Group (VSG) is dedicated to ...
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Black vulture Bernardus is back in France!
Maio 1, 2017
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!
Abril 30, 2017
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
Abril 28, 2017
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!
Abril 26, 2017
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
Abril 25, 2017
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
Abril 23, 2017
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
Abril 20, 2017
One of the VCF´s priorities is the conservation of Egyptian vulture, the ...
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Egyptian vulture Rupis is home!
Abril 19, 2017
Rupis – the subadult Egyptian vulture which was captured and tagged in ...
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14 pairs of black vulture – in Boumort (Spanish Pyrenees) – 8 are still breeding
Abril 18, 2017
We have recently informed about the shooting of the last black vulture ...
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2016 Report on the black vulture captive breeding network
Abril 17, 2017
The Eurasian black vulture European endangered Species Programme (EEP) is a coordinated ...
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Easter eggs? Or how decades of experience contribute to breed bearded vultures in captivity for conservation
Abril 16, 2017
The VCF coordinates the bearded vulture captive breeding network, a huge system ...
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Rupis about to cross the Gibraltar strait!
Abril 15, 2017
Rupis – the subadult Egyptian vulture which was captured and tagged in ...
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Taking a stand for vultures in Albania
Abril 14, 2017
Historically, Albania has been home to all four of Europe’s vulture species. ...
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Egyptian vulture Rupis is on the way to Iberia!
Abril 12, 2017
Rupis – the subadult Egyptian vulture which was captured and tagged in ...
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