After more than 140 years since their extinction, Bearded Vultures live again in the Bavarian Alps in Germany after the recent release of "Wally" and "Bavaria", two female captive-bred birds that hatched in our centre in Spain. Together with partners, we recently released the birds in a hacking cave situated in the Nationalpark Berchtesgaden, where they will spend the next few weeks acclimatizing to their new home until they are ready to take their first flights into freedom in early July! This event makes Germany the fifth country participating in our successful Bearded Vulture reintroduction project in the Alps that started decades ago. 

LIFE SAFE for VULTURES, our new LIFE-funded project in Sardinia, builds on the work of the successful LIFE Under Griffon Wings with the ultimate goal to restore the Griffon Vulture population to its former range on the island. To mitigate threats, the project team will expand the network of farm feeding stations, create several anti-poison dog units across the territory, establish an additional feeding station in the south of the island and reduce the threat of collision and electrocution with energy infrastructures. Finally, the ream will also import and release 40 additional Griffon Vultures coming from Spain and captive breeding programmes to boost the local population.