Unsettling news from Europe and the Middle East, with several poaching incidents involving Griffon Vultures recently recorded. At least two vultures from the Balkans were shot and died. One Griffon Vulture was shot to death in Croatia while a Griffon Vulture from Serbia was also shot in Syria and eventually died. Two more vultures were […]
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Today, we are moving away from the Balkans to share a milestone in the fight against illegal wildlife poisoning in Cyprus, where for the first time, prosecuting authorities issued a €21,000 fine for poisoning and killing wild birds. The fine represents a big step forward that will hopefully have a strong deterrent effect on poisoning
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On the last day of 2022, the Cinereous Vulture ‘Praha-Liberec,’ reintroduced in Bulgaria, was found dead in Greece. Based on the circumstances of the incident and the necropsy results, we suspect illegal poisoning killed the vulture. But, we are still pending the toxicology analysis results to confirm the cause of death. Released in Bulgaria to
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A new animation video produced by the Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF) within the BalkanDetox LIFE project illustrates the serious problem of illegal wildlife poisoning in the Balkans and how the project strives to combat this threat. It’s time to stop illegal wildlife poisoning – it harms us, our animals and nature! Watch the animation video on
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Four hunters were caught and prosecuted in Hungary for wildlife crime following an investigation led by the National Investigation Bureau of the Emergency Police (KR NNI). The authorities charged the hunters for the killing of ”Ichera”, a GPS-tagged Spanish Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) released in Bulgaria, and of 4 Common buzzards (Buteo buteo). In Hungary, the
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