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Wildlife at risk: What media reports reveal about poaching in Romania

Romania is home to some of Europe’s most significant wildlife, like large ...
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GPS transmitter and identification ring of a dead vulture on a table

One White-backed vulture lost to the dangerous crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar

One of the two White-backed Vultures tagged in Morocco at the beginning ...
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a dead cinereous vulture laying on the ground

Successful antipoaching operation in Serbia: suspect arrested for poisoning a Cinereous Vulture

In an impressive anti-poaching operation, the Niš Police Directorate arrested a man ...
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The male Valat was placed in one of the nests located on the hacking site © Olivier Prohin - PNC

First Bearded Vultures released at new site in the Massif Central

A new chapter begins for the reintroduction of the Bearded Vulture in ...
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LIFE Citizens Prize_Griffon Vultures in the Eastern Rhodopes_Rewilding Europe Bogdan Boev

A dangerous windfarm planned in the heart of Eastern Rhodopes

A planned wind energy project in the Krumovgrad (Natura 2000) area of ...
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Cazorla welcomes two Bearded Vultures in Andalusia’s 20th release season

The 2026 release season got underway on Thursday, May 7, with two ...
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White-Backed vulture hold on a table and fitted with a GPS

Critically Endangered White-Backed vultures tagged in Morocco moving to Spain 

Vulture Rehabilitation Centre JBel Moussa in Morocco recently tagged two Critically Endangered White-Backed vultures ...
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Servals and savannah cats are now among the top five most commonly rescued exotic animals in Spain and Europe.

Liked to death: How Europe’s love of wild pets is fuelling wildlife crime

Most Europeans say they care deeply about wildlife. So why are they ...
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BalkanDetox LIFE comes to an end

Today, 30 April 2026, is the official closing date of the BalkanDetox ...
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Himalayan Griffon Vulture sunbathing

25 Himalayan Griffon Vultures poisoned in India

25 Himalayan vultures found dead in Lakhimpur Kheri – Uttar Pradesh’s Dudhwa ...
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Building the foundation for the return of the Cinereous Vulture in Croatia

BIOM association organised a stakeholders’ workshop, co-funded by the LIFE Rhodope Vulture ...
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LIFE Aegypius Return visit to the Carrascalinho viewpoint, Douro Internacional Nature Park ©VCF

Douro International hosts the fifth LIFE Aegypius Return partners meeting and project evaluation visit 

The Iberian project for the conservation of the Cinereous Vulture enters its ...
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CMS COP15: Key takeaways, vultures and wildlife crime

The 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species ...
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Learning from Spanish expertise: LIFE SUPport hosts an important police training workshop on wildlife crime

The LIFE SUPport project hosted a WildLIFE Crime Academy training workshop dedicated ...
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Cinereous Vulture in a nest in Armenia

Cinereous Vulture conservation in Armenia: one year of collaboration 

Over the past several years, ornithologist and vulture specialist Lusine Aghajanyan has been systematically tagging ...
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First Cinereous Vulture breeding in Bulgaria's Rhodopes Mountains

Cinereous Vultures breed again in Bulgaria’s Eastern Rhodopes after 33 years

After more than three decades of absence, the Cinereous Vulture has come ...
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Examining an Egyptian Vulture © Yordanka Goranova - Lukanova, BSPB

Record of Egyptian Vultures arrive at Bulgaria’s Vulture School ahead of summer release

In early April, nine young Egyptian vultures were settled into an adaptation ...
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Bearded Vulture © Hansruedi Weyrich

French hunter sentenced after shooting reintroduced Bearded Vulture

A man in France received a suspended month sentence for shooting a reintroduced Bearded Vulture.
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The wave of poisoning incidents in the Balkans expands to the “Byala Reka” protected area in Bulgaria

Only a few days after the devastating poisoning incident that wiped out ...
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Nenúfar nursing her cubs © Guardia Civil

Hunter fined €100,800 for killing protected wildlife in Spain

A Spanish court has convicted a hunter for killing an Iberian lynx, ...
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