{"id":14994,"date":"2020-12-29T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4vultures.org\/?p=14994"},"modified":"2025-05-05T15:47:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:47:06","slug":"overview-of-bearded-vulture-conservation-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/pt\/blog\/overview-of-bearded-vulture-conservation-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview of Bearded Vulture conservation in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Releasing Bearded Vultures in the Swiss Alps (c) Hansruedi Weyrich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2020 was a challenging year for all of us, but our work never stopped, and we continued to protect and conserve Europe vulture species despite the extra difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In today\u2019s blog post, we are taking a closer look into the conservation achievements of the Bearded Vulture<\/a>, Europe’s rarest vulture species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captive-breeding<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Bearded Vulture Captive Breeding Network<\/a>, coordinated by the Vulture Conservation Foundation on behalf of EAZA<\/a>‘s EEP, faced the biggest crisis since the creation of this programme in 1978 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, thanks to the incredible efforts of different centres and zoos of the network, it was possible to implement the emergency protocols developed by the VCF and save the Bearded Vulture chicks that hatched during the 2019\/20 breeding season!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were two protocols established for different circumstances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. The first protocol requires building a box inside the nest when adoption by biological parents is not possible because the parents stopped incubating or adoption failed. This allows chicks to have direct visual contact with their parents, but no physical contact, as this can prove to be fatal \u2013 sometimes parents injure or kill their offspring if they stop breeding for one reason or the other.<\/li>
  2. The second protocol entails a double adoption and occurs when there is a double-clutch. Bearded Vulture nestlings cannot be in the same nest due to an evolutionary behaviour called ‘cainism’ where the chicks fight aggressively, leading to the death of the youngest sibling. To solve this, the facilities build two nests with a wooden plank separating the chicks.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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