Kate was a young Egyptian vulture bred in captivity and released with 7 other Egyptian vultures in Basilicate (Italy) between July and August 2019.
Unfortunately, she was found dead in the West of Sicily at the beginning of January after spending only 2 months on the island. She is the 4th Egyptian vulture found dead in the same area.
To find out about her story and learn about the other Egyptian vultures released in Italy, click on “read more”.
Kate photographed during her stop in Calabria (c) Carmelo Fiore
For those of you interested in bibliography, the VCF has conducted an inventory of the latest studies related to vultures for conservationists involved in the protection of these raptors.
Cinereous vulture (c) Bruno Berthemy
Pour ceux qui s'intéressent à la bibliographie, voici un travail de recensement de la VCF qui concernera tous ceux qui œuvrent à la conservation des vautours.
Vautour moine (c) Bruno Berthemy
On November 26th and 27th 2019, governmental and non-governmental organizations as well as environmental NGOS met in Sofia –Bulgaria- to develop a strategy which aim was to find the best solutions to fight illegal use of poison and poisoned baits in nature in order to reduce the number of poisoned animals.
This strategy, implemented at the national level, will be one of the most important to protect biodiversity and endangered species in Bulgaria.
(c) Dimitar Gradinarov
Les 26 et 27 novembre derniers, des institutions gouvernementales et non gouvernementales ainsi que des ONG environnementales se sont réunies à Sofia, en Bulgarie, autour d’un atelier visant a élaborer une stratégie afin de trouver les meilleures solutions pour lutter contre l'utilisation illégale de poisons et d'appâts empoisonnés dans la nature et ainsi réduire l’empoisonnement de la faune sauvage.
Cette stratégie constituera l'une des stratégies nationales les plus importantes pour la conservation de la biodiversité et des espèces menacées d'extinction en Bulgarie.
(c) Dimitar Gradinarov
