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Working together to update the international species action plan for the bearded vulture (LIFE EUROSAP)
More than 20 experts from 8 countries worked intensely this week in ...
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Black vulture Bernardus goes south in Spain
The captive-bred black vulture Bernardus (released last September in southern France) has ...
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Bearded vultures are flying to Corsica this weekend
The 2015 annual bearded vulture meeting – an annual conference of experts ...
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Captive-bred black vulture “Bernardus” released in Verdon is now in Spain
The European captive breeding program (EEP) for the Eurasian black vulture registered ...
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LIFE+ GYPCONNECT starts – linking bearded vultures from the Alps to the Pyrenees
The new LIFE+ project GYPCONECT – funded by the EU LIFE Fund ...
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Griffon folklore – where did 2 young griffons born in captivity and released in the eastern Alps end up?
Vultures are extraordinary birds. They are big, they are useful, and… they ...
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New guidelines for feeding Bearded Vultures in captivity have been published by the VCF
The bearded vulture captive breeding network (organised under an EEP program under ...
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Black vulture population continues to increase in Andalucía – 360 pairs in 2015
The Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación del Territorio of the Junta ...
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From the Massif Central to the Alps – bearded vultures on the move in France
The two bearded vultures released this summer in the Grands Causses (Massif ...
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Iran bans veterinary diclofenac – in the meanwhile, the EU drags its feet and continues to threaten Europe’s vultures – sign the petition!
The Iran’s Department of Environment (DOE) has announced last month that it ...
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More black and griffon vultures die near the Avila waste treatment centre (Spain)
The rests of two more black vultures and two griffon vultures have ...
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Black (cinereous) vulture seen in Macedonia – first observation in the last 10 years
A second or third year black vulture was seen yesterday (Friday 30.10.15) ...
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Esperanza continues to give us hope
Esperanza – the first bearded vulture born in the wild in Andalucía ...
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Africa vulture crisis confirmed – six of Africa´s 11 species of vultures have seen their global status worsen in the latest update of the bird red data list
4 species are now Critically Endangered Vultures are the big losers in the ...
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Wildlife disease and intoxication with heavy metals and toxic compounds from agriculture/veterinarian practices do not seem to be a significant threat to the Eg
The VCF has just published a report, commissioned by the LIFE+ project ...
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Genetics explain why vultures are such good scavengers: new paper
Everybody knows that vultures are nature’s garbage cleaners. They perform an essential ...
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One man´s passion for Spanish griffons – and the diclofenac threat pending over them – video
In this video, you can see a short story about one man´s ...
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LIFE GYPHELP newsletter is out!
The first newsletter of the LIFE GYPHELP has just been published – ...
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Wild Bearded Vulture “Jacques” released in the French Pyrenees after successful rehabilitation
The adult male bearded vulture, named “Jacques”, that had been picked up ...
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The Egyptian vulture in Algeria
Algeria has the largest population of the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus percnopterus) ...
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