Another electrocution incident has occurred involving a vulture released as part of the LIFE Egyptian vulture project. This was Pina, a specimen who, in her short life, was supported by many volunteers who followed her step by step but who could do nothing to prevent this ugly death. Pina was freed in Basilicata in May ... Read more

Western Sicily is an obligatory crossing point for the autumn migratory flow: thousands upon thousands of birds pass through it before flying across the Mediterranean to Africa. These individuals come from Italy and northern, central and eastern European countries. Brown kites, marsh harriers and Egyptian vultures often stay in this area for several days, waiting ... Read more

Tommy, born at CERM and released in Basilicata on 16 August 2022, was most likely the victim of an act of poaching. The young Egyptian vulture disappeared in the stretch of sea separating western Sicily from Tunisia and his story, which appears somewhat unbelievable, could be indicative of a very serious, previously unimaginable phenomenon: the ... Read more

For those involved in the LIFE Egyptian Vulture Project, 2022 will be remembered as a grim year, in which several of the young birds released in Basilicata became victims of the greatest threats to the conservation of the Egyptian vulture. The bad news did not end with the poaching attack on Flora, perpetrated in the ... Read more