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Research review: A Global Review of Causes of Morbidity and Mortality in Free-Living Vultures
A recent systematic review determined the most common causes of morbidity and ...
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100 protected vultures killed in Assam, India – Officials suspect poisoning incident targeting dogs
A mass vulture mortality event recently transpired, causing significant damage – as ...
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Serious poisoning incident causes mass mortality of protected birds in Serbia
It has been a terrible past few days for poisoning mortality, with ...
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One of the recent poisoning victims in Bulgaria was a female Cinereous Vulture with an egg
This past Monday, nature conservation in Bulgaria suffered a significant blow. A ...
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Years of reintroduction efforts compromised: Four Cinereous Vultures illegally poisoned in Bulgaria
Bulgaria’s nature has been deprived of Cinereous Vulture nesting pairs for decades. ...
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A newly trained working-dog joins the anti-poison dog unit in Thrace, Greece
Despite being illegal, the use of poison baits to target predators that ...
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LIFE GypConnect Layman’s Report: Strengthening the Bearded Vulture population in France
LIFE GypConnect is coming to an end. The project aimed to strengthen ...
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Raising awareness about illegal wildlife poisoning in Albania’s hotspots to help change attitudes
The practice of wildlife poisoning in Albania has started before the 90s ...
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Bird collisions: Identifying and securing dangerous power lines to help safeguard the threatened Griffon Vulture in Cyprus
Collisions with dangerous powerlines pose a significant threat to vultures and other ...
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Reintroduced Bearded Vulture recaptured badly injured in the Swiss Alps
Unfortunately, the Bearded Vulture Donna Elvira reintroduced in the Swiss Alps collided ...
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The tenth edition of La Plume du Life, the LIFE GypConnect newsletter, released
The LIFE GypConnect project aims to establish a breeding population of Bearded ...
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Establishing efficient conservation actions for the Bearded Vulture population in Southern Africa: synthesis of a 20-year research program
Vulture populations across Africa have undergone massive declines, ‘the African vulture crisis’, ...
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Results from the wolf and hunting dog interaction study in the Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli Forest National Park and adjacent areas
Wolf attacks on hunting dogs recorded in the Evros region in recent ...
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Appropriate response to poisoning incident prevents mass mortality of 18 Griffon Vultures in North Macedonia
A recent poisoning incident involving many dogs in the Republic of North ...
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What happened to the five Egyptian Vultures released in Italy this summer
In August 2021, the LIFE Egyptian Vulture project released five captive-bred Egyptian Vultures that hatched in CERM ...
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Tagging and releasing rescued Griffon Vultures in Croatia
Croatia is one of the few places hosting Griffon Vultures that nest ...
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Progress review: The first year of BalkanDetox LIFE
In the one year since the launch BalkanDetox LIFE, the project partners have ...
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Wildlife Crime Academy: Advanced Course equips participants to improve forensic and police investigation on poisoning incidents in the Balkans and beyond
In today’s conservation work, combating wildlife crime is essential to effectively protect ...
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Vulture conservation works: Status of Bearded Vulture and Egyptian Vulture in Europe improves
Birds and nature suffer daily due to the unravelling biodiversity and climate ...
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Two impressive collisions involving vultures highlight the increasing conflict between transport infrastructure and bird conservation in Spain
After the recent mass-poisoning event in Israel, we are sad to report ...
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