At the conclusion of a long, complex operation that began at the end of July and concluded at the beginning of September, two young Egyptian vultures born in captivity at the CERM Endangered Raptor Centre in May 2018 were released into the wild in the Murgia Materana Natural park in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, on the 16th of August, 2018.

On 27th and 28th June 2018, the Government of the Canary Islands organised four meetings dedicated to discussing the management of feeding stations and other supplementary feeding points for vultures, as well as leisure activities that may impact conservation efforts for that species.

Between the 21st of May and the 28th of June, seven chicks were born at the CERM Endangered Raptor Centre, the largest number ever during a breeding series at the centre located in southern Tuscany, which hosts the largest stock of captive Egyptian vultures anywhere in the world.

Between the 24th and the 29th of June, 2018, Dr. Alejandro Suaréz spent a week at the CERM Endangered Raptor Centre, in southern Tuscany, in order to learn about egg incubating and chick rearing techniques.