{"id":5809,"date":"2018-06-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/life-and-wildlife-crime\/"},"modified":"2018-06-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T00:00:00","slug":"life-and-wildlife-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/pt\/blog\/life-and-wildlife-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting illegal poisoning in Europe with LIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/\/content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1529936775.jpg\" alt=\"Front cover of LIFE and Wildlife Crime publication featuring a anti-poisoning dog unit\" \/><figcaption>Anti-poisoning dog unit established on Portuguese side of the Douro canyon through LIFE Rupis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> Illegal poisoning is the single biggest threat to vultures not only in Europe but across the globe. Many of the conservation projects\u00a0 we are partners on are funded by the European Union\u2019s LIFE programme and tackle this threat and is highlighted in new publication published recently by the European Commission\u2019s Environment Directorate-General,\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/environment\/life\/publications\/lifepublications\/lifefocus\/documents\/wildlife_crime_web.pdf%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>LIFE &amp; Wildlife Crime<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <strong>Wildlife Crime<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> After habitat degradation and loss, wildlife crime such as illegal killing, trading and destruction of protected habitat is the biggest threat to biodiversity in the European Union. In LIFE &amp; Wildlife Crime ,lessons learnt and best practice are drawn from a wide range of LIFE projects to illustrate the amazing work of conservationists to deliver the EU Roadmap towards eliminating the illegal killing, trapping and trade of birds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Fighting illegal poisoning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Over the last month we have reported the news of several illegal poisoning incidents from the <a href=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/pt\/poisoning-in-the-grands-causses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">death of Durzon in France<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/pt\/the-silent-killer-strikes-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">three Griffon vultures in Greece<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Here at the Vulture Conservation Foundation we are committed to fighting illegal poisoning and through our LIFE projects, <a href=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/pt\/life-projects\/rupis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rupis<\/a>, GypHelp, <a href=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/pt\/life-projects\/gypconnect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GypConnect<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/pt\/life-projects\/re-vultures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Re-Vultures<\/a> e <a href=\"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/pt\/life-projects\/vultures-back-to-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vultures Back to LIFE<\/a>, we are aiming to prevent vulture deaths from this silent killer across Europe. We support our partners through monitoring and data collection of incidents of poisoning, sharing and exchanging best practice in toxicological identification techniques and protocols, supporting law enforcement teams with the creation of anti-poisoning dog units and raising awareness amongst farmers and hunters of the risk posed to wildlife and the penalties of using poisons.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> As well as our EU LIFE funded projects we have also been supporting wildlife charities and governments in five Balkan countries (Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Croatia and Albania) to develop national roadmaps to stop poisoning of vultures and other wildlife, funded by the Mava Foundation.<\/p>\n<p> A <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/environment\/life\/publications\/lifepublications\/lifefocus\/documents\/wildlife_crime_web.pdf%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LIFE &amp; Wildlife Crime<\/a> is a useful read to help understand the current work to tackle wildlife crime including illegal poisoning.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-poisoning dog unit established on Portuguese side of the Douro canyon through LIFE Rupis Illegal poisoning is the single biggest threat to vultures not only in Europe but across the globe. 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