Read about the Annual Bearded Vulture Meeting 2021 and other vulture conservation news.

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** Vulture Conservation Foundation news bulletin
November 2021
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** Annual Bearded Vulture Meeting 2021 and Final LIFE GypConnect Seminar
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Around 150 Bearded Vulture conservationists, researchers and enthusiasts participated in the Annual Bearded Vulture Meeting 2021 and the Final LIFE GypConnect Seminar. For those who did not manage to attend, we have published summaries highlighting the key insights from each presentation on our website:
* Overview of the Final LIFE GypConnect Seminar ([link removed])
* Overview of the Annual Bearded Vulture Meeting 2021 ([link removed])

We are already looking forward to next year's meeting! The provisional dates are set for 11 to 13 November 2022 at Parco Natura Viva in Italy.
Bearded Vultures started laying clutches
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On 28 November 2021, a productive Bearded Vulture pair in Austria laid the first egg of the 2021/22 captive breeding season. Since then, several other pairs within our pan-European Bearded Vulture Captive Breeding Network have now followed suit.
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** Latest news from our
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The BalkanDetox LIFE ([link removed]) project, led by us at the Vulture Conservation Foundation, aims to strengthen national capacities to fight wildlife poisoning and raise awareness about the problem across seven Balkan countries.

Latest news
Progress review: The first year of BalkanDetox LIFE ([link removed])

Tagging and releasing rescued Griffon Vultures in Croatia ([link removed])

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LIFE Safe for Vultures ([link removed]) , led by the University of Sassari, is a new project acting as the first step to the restoration of the vulture guild in Sardinia.

Latest news
The efforts against wildlife poisoning in Sardinia expand to the whole island ([link removed])

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Vultures Back to LIFE ([link removed]) led by Green Balkans and the Fund for Wild Flora and Fauna, aims to reintroduce the Cinereous Vulture back to Bulgaria since it was declared extinct in the 1980s.

Latest news
Discovery of yet another new Cinereous Vulture nest in Bulgaria ([link removed])

Reintroduced Cinereous Vulture Kutelka performs impressive travels and finds a partner ([link removed])

Recent movements of released captive-bred Bearded Vultures in Maestrazgo
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The captive-bred Bearded Vultures released in Maestrazgo as part of our latest reintroduction project are doing well. According to their GPS movements, one bird from 2018 and two from 2019 have returned to Maestrazgo, while the two birds released this year started to explore the surroundings.

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We here at the VCF follow the movements of several vultures as part of different projects. You can track the movements of all the European vulture species we tagged within our different projects and regions by visiting our online public maps ([link removed]) .

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Griffon Vulture online maps ([link removed])
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Photo credits: Hansruedi Weyrich, Richard Faust Bearded Vulture Specialised Captive Breeding Centre in Austria, Alvaro Camiña and Vulture Conservation Foundation.
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If you have any news you would like to share, please contact Eleni Karatzia (mailto:[email protected]) , Events, Outreach and Communications Officer.

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