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New VCF protocol on bleaching bearded vulture feathers
The VCF has prepared a new protocol with guidelines on the best ...
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Bearded vulture egg extracted from nest in Corsica – first step to save this highly endangered population from extinction
The sole egg of one of the few remaining bearded vulture pairs ...
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22th national vulture conference – France this weekend
The yearly meeting of all the vulture conservationists in France – park ...
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21 chicks and counting – good breeding season in the bearded vulture captive breeding network – and a surprising and rare third clutch
So far there are already 21 chicks in the VCF coordinated captive ...
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Vultures killed – probably poisoned – in Cyprus. This incident is a blow to the efforts to recover the endangered island population of griffon vultures
At least 7 griffon vultures have been found dead in Cyrus since ...
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A wild bearded vulture found dead in the French Pyrenees – and a whole network of people mobilizes to find out what killed him!
On February 20th Pascal Borreill, a train driver, saw the body of ...
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Poison continues to kill masses of vultures in Africa and Asia – while at the same time their value is highlighted in yet another study
Two recent poisoning incidents killed hundreds of vultures in South Africa and ...
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Update on Roman & Herculis, the bearded vultures released last year in Alpi Marittime: Herculis lost its transmitter but is alive! Roman is now in Vanoise
The last few days were a bit stressfull for all the staff ...
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Do animals recognise their disabilities? Some evidence from bearded vulture Kirma
The VCF coordinates the bearded vulture captive breeding network, managed specifically for ...
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Egyptian vultures increasing in Catalonia
While the European population of this bird of prey is generally declining, ...
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One more wintering Egyptian vulture caught and tagged in Extremadura
The Egyptian vulture is a partially migratory species across its vast global ...
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New paper on a case study on black vultures and windfarms: High mortality and a novel tool for EIAs and SEAs on new plans
While wind energy is environmentally friendly, and prevents climate change, it has ...
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New project for the conservation of black and griffon vultures in the Rhodope mountains (Bulgaria-Greece) launched
The kick-off meeting for the EU-funded project “Conservation of Black and Griffon ...
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The Egyptian vulture Tizón is spending its second summer in Mauritania
Tizón – the young Egyptian vulture tagged in September 2014 in Spain ...
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Bearded vultures in the Alps – Update on the breeding season 2015/2016: lots of new pairs established!
It is a very encouraging start into this year’s bearded vulture Alpine ...
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New species for the Netherlands – the bearded vulture!
Following a request from the Dutch Birding Association, Franziska Lörcher from the ...
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New bearded vulture pairs in the French Alps
With the breeding season in full swing, preliminary data about the bearded ...
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Bearded Vultures lay an egg in Bulgaria for the first time in 60 years – in captivity, but a good omen for the future
The Bulgarian NGO Green Balkans has just announced that the captive bearded ...
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Egyptian vulture research and monitoring in Oman
A program of research and conservation of Egyptian vultures has been developed ...
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One step closer to link bearded vulture populations in the Alps and Pyrenees – LIFE+ GYPCONNECT
Staff, technicians and managers from the partners of the LIFE+ project GYPCONECT ...
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