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Egyptian vulture Faia is already in Africa!
Barely two days after leaving the Douro region, the female Egyptian vulture ...
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Three Egyptian vultures tagged in the Douro named – and one of them has already started the migration to Africa.
The three adult Egyptian vultures captured and tagged this summer within the ...
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Another step towards the adoption of the Vulture MsAP – all together 4 Vultures!
The Vulture multi-Species Action Plan – an ambitious but badly needed global ...
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Mixed results in this year´s experimental release of captive-bred Egyptian vultures in Italy – 1 bird died and 2 had to be recaptured, but Apollo is doing well
Early this month four young Egyptian vultures, all captive-bred in the Egyptian ...
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Bearded vulture reintroduction projects 2017 – stories from the field II: Cleo broke her wing just before release but is still flying free above Andalusia
A total of 18 young bearded vultures was released this Spring-Summer in ...
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Bearded vulture reintroduction projects 2017 – stories from the field I: the long flight of Durzon!
A total of 18 young bearded vultures was released this Spring-Summer in ...
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Two bearded vulture chicks fledge in the wild in Andalusia
Following the first breeding in the wild two years ago, after extinction ...
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International Vulture Awareness Day is already on the 2nd September!
Vultures play a very important role in the world´s ecosystem – they ...
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85% decline of an urban Hooded Vulture population in Dakar, Senegal, over 50 years – new paper
The plight of African vultures has already reached the international conservation agenda, ...
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Young Egyptian vultures flying everywhere in the Douro canyon
The LIFE RUPIS teams continue to monitor the breeding Egyptian vultures in ...
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The beauty of vultures, the extremely important ecosystem services they provide, and the danger of veterinary diclofenac – on tv
An excellent TV reportage on vultures – including some great footage of ...
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Man faces 1,5 years in prison and a $115,000 fine for killing a California Condor last year
Matthew Gumz is now facing criminal charges after he allegedly killed a ...
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Looking back to another successful bearded vulture release season – but two birds unfortunately died
A total of 18 young bearded vultures was released this year in ...
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New paper – southern Africa bearded vultures productivity is decreasing
In southern Africa the bearded vulture occurs in the Maloti-Drakensberg Mountain range ...
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Bearded vulture seen in Poland
A young bearded vulture with plumage typical of a second calendar year ...
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Vote to name three Egyptian vultures tagged in the Douro
Three of the five Egyptian vultures captured and tagged in the Douro ...
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Griffon breeding colony in Portugal significantly affected by major fire
At least 18 young griffon vultures died in a major fire that ...
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Spanish court confirms that an electricity utility should pay a fine of 26,000€ for the electrocution of vultures
A Spanish court in Albacete has confirmed recently, in a landmark case, ...
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A survey of attitudes towards vulture conservation in the Bulgarian Rodopi regions
As part of the LIFE project “Conservation of Black and Griffon vultures ...
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The bearded vulture in the French Pyrenees – 43 pairs last year, 44 this year, and an improvement of productivity after a decade of stagnation
The results of the bearded vulture monitoring and research done by the ...
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