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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
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
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?
(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?
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
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
(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
The griffon vultures – mostly juveniles – are all birds that entered ...
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Vultures need you – please write to your MEPs about veterinary diclofenac
As the deadline for a final decision by the EU Commission on ...
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New paper makes recommendations regarding the management of vulture feeding stations to benefit endangered species
Providing food for vultures in vulture feeding stations (also called vultures restaurants) ...
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Vultures (and other things!) galore at Turkey feeding station
Turkey´s only regularly functioning vulture feeding station continues to surprise us: over ...
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One step closer to ban vet diclofenac in the EU – CMS makes landmark political decision on the matter and recommends its prohibition
The last few weeks saw vulture conservation score a few points against ...
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The Middle-East – a sink for vultures
The news coming from the Middle–East – particularly during these days – ...
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Nature´s editorial: Europe must act to stop livestock drugs from wiping out its vulture populations
http://www.nature.com/news/toxic-influence-1.16190?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureNews Thank you NATURE! EU, please ban vet diclofenac!
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NATURE reports on diclofenac, other veterinary drugs and vultures
http://www.nature.com/news/poisoned-vulture-could-herald-european-bird-crisis-1.16161 The recently published evidence about the death of a griffon vulture ...
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New paper published with first reported case of a griffon vulture being killed by a veterinary drug in Spain
Photo VCF On the same day that a EU public consultation on ...
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VCF submits reasoned opinion for the public consultation on veterinary diclofenac
The Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF) has been leading a campaign together with ...
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Veterinary diclofenac in Europe – we know what it did to India´s vultures & there is an alternative – so WHY?
This is indeed the question that tens of thousands of concerned citizens ...
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Vultures in Europe – a future foretold?
Vultures – a future foretold. Frontiers in Ecology Vultures a future foretold.pdf ...
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Significant breakthrough in the battle to ban veterinary diclofenac – Europe announces a Public Consultation.
Diclofenac is a veterinary anti-inflammatory drug that kills vultures and eagles – ...
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New review article on the effects of lead on wildlife published. Lead poisoning is a significant threat to vultures – VCF is working on the matter
Lead (Pb) is a metabolic poison that can negatively influence biological processes, ...
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