Tag: griffonvulture
Poison and lead are the main cause of vulture deaths in the French Pyrenees
Julho 19, 2015
Knowing causes of mortality of biodiversity, especially of rare and endangered species, ...
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Six griffon vultures released back to nature in Croatia
Junho 23, 2015
Late last month the Croatian NGO “Grifon” released 6 young Griffon vultures, ...
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The problem of poisoning in the Balkans and its impact on vulture conservation debated at a workshop
Junho 14, 2015
The VCF has recently participated in a two-day workshop organized in Papingo ...
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Vultures INDEED return! First successful breeding of griffon vulture in the Central Balkan Mountains for more than 70 years!
Junho 10, 2015
Hard work usually pays off – indeed, one of those joyful momentous ...
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The status of the griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) in Italy in 2014: population further increased to 135 breeding pairs
Maio 28, 2015
The current status of the 5 Eurasian griffon vulture populations in Italy ...
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Not quite the royal baby, but cute nonetheless – Baby griffon born in Israel from Cretan vultures
Maio 3, 2015
Pairgiven a second opportunity after failed rewilding in Cyprus A griffon hatched ...
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Two permanently wounded griffons travel from Portugal to France for captive breeding
Abril 22, 2015
Through VCF facilitation, two unrecoverable (permanently wounded) griffon vultures travelled recently from ...
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The silent killer strikes again – this time in Israel. Four griffon and two black vultures found poisoned in a rare case in the country
Março 14, 2015
Poison is the biggest threat to vultures worldwide – that is why ...
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Prominent Serbian vulture researcher launches today book about griffon vultures
Março 10, 2015
Bratislav Grubac is a researcher at the Serbian Institute for Nature Conservation, ...
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Another mass poisoning of vultures in Asia – at least 20 Himalayan griffon vultures dead in India
Março 9, 2015
In recent years there have been increasing reports of widespread use of ...
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Italian experts and conservation managers discussed the pros and cons of feeding stations for scavenger bird species
Março 5, 2015
Over 150 people from all over Italy participated in a conference on ...
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GYPAS project: 12 more griffon vultures released last week to restock the endangered population in Cyprus
Fevereiro 18, 2015
On the 5th & 6 of February 12 griffon vultures have been ...
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The VCF and prominent Spanish scientists alert to a new threat to Iberian vultures – the proposal to eliminate all by-products of hunted wild ungulates
Fevereiro 5, 2015
The regional Agriculture Agency of Castilla-La Mancha (Consejería de Agricultura) has recently ...
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The silent killer strikes again – at least 5 cinereous vultures (Aegypius monachus) and 3 griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) poisoned in eastern Turkey
Janeiro 27, 2015
On the 16th January Yusuf Yilmaz from Igdir province, in Eastern Turkey, ...
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Annual simultaneous survey of griffon vultures in Cyprus: 15 birds counted
Janeiro 14, 2015
On the 15th December 2014 fifteen volunteers and staff from BirdLife Cyprus ...
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EMA says veterinary diclofenac does pose a risk to European vultures, and suggests a number of solutions, including a ban of the drug – what next?
Dezembro 18, 2014
(Photo Simon Littlejohn/VCF) The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published last weekend ...
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Have you ever seen a pig flying? Or a griffon with a bell?
Dezembro 9, 2014
Well, well, Clive Muir, a long-time Spanish resident and the mentor of ...
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Scientific community suggest that weak environmental assessments of veterinary drugs undermine regulations and can cause a vulture ecological disaster
Dezembro 5, 2014
A few days before the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is due to ...
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On vultures, rotting food, and nasty germs – new research on the bacteria living on vultures
Dezembro 1, 2014
(c) Bruno Berthemy – European Griffon and Black Vulture feeding on a ...
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34 griffon vultures are on their way from Extremadura (Spain) to Bulgaria, to be released in the Stara Planina Mountains
Novembro 28, 2014
The griffon vultures – mostly juveniles – are all birds that entered ...
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