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The VCF boards met at Parc des Oiseaux
The annual meeting of the VCF management and advisory boards was held ...
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Two permanently wounded griffons travel from Portugal to France for captive breeding
Through VCF facilitation, two unrecoverable (permanently wounded) griffon vultures travelled recently from ...
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African vulture seen in Switzerland!
A Rueppell’s vulture (Gyps rueppelli) has been observed last Saturday in… Switzerland! ...
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And in the end, there is the sacred bearded vulture!
Watch this wonderful multi award-winning graduation movie, done by students Thomas Bourdis, ...
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One adult bearded vulture found dead in the French Alps – and another one shot at (and seriously wounded) in the French Pyrenees
An adult bearded vulture was found dead on the 6th April within ...
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Noel-Leya is flying again – the young bearded vulture was re-released successfuly in the Swiss Alps
Noel-Leya is flying again amongst the snowy peaks of the Alps! Last ...
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Eurasian black vultures from Spain arrived well in Verdon & Baronnies (France) and are already in the acclimatisation aviaries
The 6 black vultures (Aegypius monachus) that the VCF has transported this ...
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Vulture conservation in action! VCF is transporting this weekend black vultures from Spain to France
This weekend the Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF) is transporting 7 black vultures ...
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From Vallcalent to Ostrava Zoo, via Vienna – the adventures of a bearded vulture chick in the bearded vulture reintroduction project
Breeding bearded vultures in captivity for reintroduction projects is a full time, ...
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Bearded vulture chick hatches in Cazorla – another milestone in this fantastic project to restore the species in Andalucia
Only nine years after the first bearded vultures were released back into ...
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Eurasian black vultures nesting again in southern Portugal after an absence of 40 years
Two pairs of black vultures are nesting in artificial platforms set up ...
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Famous Egyptian vulture Igdir found dead in Ethiopia after flying 60,000 km in three years
In February 2015 an Egyptian vulture was found dead by Ethiopian authorities ...
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14 gipeti e 66 aquile reali: un resoconto del 22 censimento del Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio
Il Parco ha censito la popolazione di aquile reali e gipeti per ...
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22nd census of the Stelvio National Park: 14 bearded vultures & 66 golden eagles counted
The annual census of golden eagles and bearded vultures in Stelvio National ...
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25 and counting – 2015 could be the best season ever in the bearded vulture captive breeding network!
This year the results from captive breeding bearded vultures are very good ...
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Injured wild bearded vulture recovered successfully at the Vallcalent rehabilitation center (Catalonia)
Even though bearded vultures are now increasing in western Europe – their ...
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Egyptian vultures that have wintered in Extremadura still in the region
The two Egyptian Vultures that were captured this winter in Extremadura – ...
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News from the bearded vulture captive breeding network
This year the results from captive breeding bearded vultures are very good ...
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Tizón is still in western Mali
Tizón – the young Egyptian vulture tagged last September in Spain – ...
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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
Poison is the biggest threat to vultures worldwide – that is why ...
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