On 18 and 19 February 2022 the project staff that manages the release operations of the young Egyptian vultures in kind carried out an inspection in Basilicata. The purpose of the inspection was to identify a new possible release site for the Egyptian vultures, an alternative to the one used in the period 2018-2021. The ... Read more

We take stock, at the end of 2021, of the outcome of the release operations of young Egyptian vultures carried out within the framework of the LIFE Egyptian vulture project. In total, between 2018 and 2021, 19 specimens were released in Basilicata, in the Parco della Murgia Materana. All of them were born in captivity ... Read more

In 2020, a serious poisoning incident occurred in the Cofete area, located in the Jandía Natural Park in Pájara (Fuerteventura). The poison caused the death of more than fifteen animals, including five vultures (guirre) (Neophron percnopterus majorensis), a species listed as ‘endangered’. For this reason, the Department of Ecological Transition, Combating Climate Change and Territorial ... Read more

The Assesor for Ecological Transition, fight against the climate change and territorial planning of the Government of the Canary Islands, José Antonio Valbuena, visited on 31 August 2021 the facilities of the Estación Biológica de La Oliva dedicated to the LIFE Egyptian Vulture project. During the visit, the Assesor thanked the professionals involved in this ... Read more