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Collisions of griffons with commercial aircraft at Madrid airport
A letter recently published in Nature by Antoni Margalida (see below) discusses ...
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Decline of Indian vultures forced the Parsis to change their traditions and accept cremations as an alternative to sky burial
Most people with an interest in conservation have heard by now about ...
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How are the three captive-bred Egyptian vultures released in Bulgaria doing? An update from the field
Recently, three young captive-bred Egyptian vultures were put in an artificial nest ...
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New film on the release of bearded vultures Lucky and Charlie in Hohe Tauern National Park (Austria)
The first young bearded vultures were released in the nationalpark Hohe Tauern ...
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Update on the endangered Canary Islands Egyptian vulture (Guirre)
The Guirre is an endangered, sedentary subspecies of Egyptian vulture, with a ...
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Bearded vulture Roc Genèse wandering around in the Pyrenees
Roc Genèse, the first wild bearded vulture nestling ever tagged in the ...
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The 2016 Alpine summering griffon vulture census is already this weeked (20 August 2016 ) – last chance to participate!
This summer´s census of summering griffon vultures in the western Alps will ...
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Update on the efforts to establish captive breeding programme for the Southern Africa bearded vulture
Following a long term decline of southern Africa´s bearded vultures – the ...
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Three captive-bred Egyptian vultures were released in Northern Bulgaria
Last Wednesday a team from the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of ...
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VCF and the Swiss Foundation Pro Bartgeier release new film about the reintroduction of bearded vultures in the Swiss Alps
Alois and Cierzo are the two male bearded vultures released this year ...
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Three more captive-bred Egyptian vultures will be released this year in Bulgaria
Following the release of 6 captive-bred Egyptian vultures last year in Italy, ...
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After a long tour in Slovakia, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine and Romania, bearded vulture Adonis is coming back
After an extraordinary 8 week tour that saw young bearded vulture Adonis ...
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Egyptian vulture Rupis exploring Spain and Portugal
Rupis – the subadult Egyptian vulture which was captured and tagged in ...
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Black vulture breeds again successfully in Douro International
The single pair of black vulture that established itself in the Douro ...
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Call for volunteers for the 2016 Alpine summering griffon vulture census – 20 August 2016
Since 2010 a census of summering griffon vultures has been carried out, ...
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IUCN opens two positions to work on the Bangladesh vulture conservation initiative
In the last two years the Bangladesh National Vulture Recovery Committee (BNVRC) ...
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Causes for breeding failure in Balkan Egyptian vultures – new report
The Egyptian vulture is Europe’s most threatened vulture species – classified as ...
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The bearded vulture in Corsica – summary of the current situation
This year the bearded vulture population in Corsica has further decreased to ...
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Remember the Egyptian vultures Tobia and Sara? They are still in Africa!
In August and September last year a total of 6 captive-bred Egyptian ...
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Bad news this time: Bearded Vulture Larzac found dead in northern Germany
The young male bearded vulture – named Larzac – that left the ...
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