Black vultures return to southern Portugal
After four decades, Eurasian black vultures have finally returned to Portugal's Alentejo region to nest – using artificial platforms constructed by conservationists.
The sighting of...
A record number of griffon vultures in the Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria
From 12–15 February 2015, experts of Rewilding Rhodopes and their partners from the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds/ BirdLife Bulgaria visited all...
Lush bid to save vultures
A week-long campaign to ban the veterinary drug diclofenac and save European vultures has begun this week.
Cosmetic brand Lush, along with BirdLife Europe and...
Protecting the black vulture in Palma
CLOSE to 70 volunteers will work towards preserving the Black Vulture in Palma de Mallorca this year. Two associations, the Foundation for the Black...
Vultures found mysteriously poisoned, dead in eastern Turkey
Seven vultures were found poisoned by activists in one week in the Tuzluca district of the eastern province of Iğdır. Five of the wild...
Satellite telemetry tracks bearded vultures
The Pyrenees are home to continental Europe's only wild population of bearded vultures, a species classified as endangered in Spain. A study compiled by...
Veterinary painkiller threatens Europe’s vultures
When India, Pakistan and Nepal banned veterinary use of the painkiller diclofenac in 2006, the region’s vultures finally had a chance to recover. The...
Two griffon vultures released back into the wild in Zarcilla de Ramos
The vultures were found near Alhama de Murcia and have been released in Lorca
The vultures were found near Alhama de Murcia and have been...
EU under pressure to ban diclofenac to protect Europe’s vultures
Pressure is mounting on Europe to immediately ban a drug used by vets which has been linked to the poisoning of vultures and other...
European Medicines Agency – News and Events – Diclofenac use in animals poses a...
EMA recommends that measures are put in place to better protect the birds
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use...
