Vulture Conservation Foundation
Wed
30
Sep
2015
Lead poisoning and bearded vultures in the French Alps –significant progress in the seminar this week at Annecy
Sun
27
Sep
2015
The VCF will be tomorrow in Annecy co-leading a seminar on lead poisoning and bearded vultures
Sat
26
Sep
2015
And he made it to Libya - Tobia the Egyptian vulture had already survived a night in Malta, now he landed in Misurata
Fri
25
Sep
2015
Tobia the Egyptian vulture made it to Malta – and survived the ordeal, after having been guarded all night long by conservationists and the police!
Thu
24
Sep
2015
The story of IFP – or how vulture conservation is really a transnational affair
Wed
23
Sep
2015
The VCF was present in the meeting on Mediterranean Raptors held recently in Italy
Wed
16
Sep
2015
Seminar on lead poisoning and bearded vultures – Annecy (Haute Savoie, France), 28 September 2015
Sun
13
Sep
2015
One more griffon vulture shot in Lebanon – the Middle East continues to be a sink for vultures and other soaring birds
Thu
10
Sep
2015
Good breeding season for bearded vultures in the Alps – more pairs (34) and one more wild born chicks fledged (20) than last year
Wed
09
Sep
2015
Agata drowns in the Mediterranean while Sara has crossed the Messina strait to Sicily – in the meantime 4 other captive bred Egyptian vultures were released in
Tue
08
Sep
2015
New paper published on the role of supplementary feeding on the conservation of Egyptian vultures in France
Sat
05
Sep
2015
Today it is the International Vulture Awareness Day, and VCF has a message - Ban killer drug diclofenac or Europe’s vultures may face extinction!
Thu
03
Sep
2015
Spreading the word – vultures are beautiful, necessary and endangered! International Vulture Awareness Day, 5th September
Wed
02
Sep
2015
Help spread awareness on vultures – share your vulture pictures with National Geographic!
Thu
27
Aug
2015
News on the two captive bred Egyptian vultures released last week in Italy
Sat
22
Aug
2015
The first baby Griffon Vulture born in the Balkan Mountains for almost a century baptized as Michel – a deserved celebration of one of VCF´s mentors
Wed
19
Aug
2015
Vultures in West and Central Africa threatened by trade for bushmeat and fetish
Sun
16
Aug
2015
New paper discusses supplementary feeding programs for European vultures, and makes recommendations for the management of vulture feeding sites
Thu
13
Aug
2015
New paper published on risks of anti-parasitic veterinary products to bearded vultures
Wed
12
Aug
2015
At least six black vultures found dead near waste treatment plant in central Spain
Sat
08
Aug
2015
Call for volunteers for the 2015 Alpine summering griffon vulture census – 22 August 2015
Fri
31
Jul
2015
Griffon with tongue protruding from the neck observed in France
Thu
30
Jul
2015
The first wild bearded vulture chick to be born in southern Spain in the last 30 years already has a name: Esperanza (Hope)
Sat
25
Jul
2015
Bearded vulture seen in Corfu- rare observation of this species in the Balkan Peninsula, where it is extinct
Thu
23
Jul
2015
And it makes 15! Last young bearded vulture of the year to be released tomorrow in Andalucía
Wed
22
Jul
2015
Name the first wild bearded vulture chick to be born in southern Spain in the last 30 years!
Sun
19
Jul
2015
Poison and lead are the main cause of vulture deaths in the French Pyrenees
Fri
17
Jul
2015
First black vulture chick hatched in the wild in southern Portugal for more than 40 years ringed and tagged
Thu
16
Jul
2015
Captive breeding in the Egyptian vulture – a relevant conservation tool for future reintroduction or restocking projects?
Wed
15
Jul
2015
Declaration from the workshop to develop a flyway action plan for the Egyptian vulture populations in the Balkans, Turkey, Central Asia & the Caucasus published
Tue
14
Jul
2015
Restoring the bearded vulture across Europe – another great season! Most of the released young have now fledged
Mon
13
Jul
2015
First bearded vulture to be born in the wild in Andalusia in the 21st century marked with GPS and rings
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