Against the poisoning of large carnivores in Europe

02.11.2013

• Home
• Useful information
• Against the poisoning of large carnivores in Europe

Experts from „The return of the Neophron“ participated in the LIFE+ ANTIDOTO congress „The poisoning of wildlife in Europa. Impact on threatened species and tackling measures“, 24 – 25  October, Assergi - Italy.
Vladimir Dobrev and Victoria Saravia presented the main problems about poisoning on the Balkans and some of the crucial aspects in our „The return of the Neophron“ work .
During the meeting a lot of interesting discussions were made, together with plans for future cooperation between the participants. The shared experience was very valuable for us, as the illegal poisoning is one of the biggest threats for vultures (and not only) in Greece and Bulgaria. Special practical session was held for demonstrating the skills of the most important members of the antidote teams – the working dogs. Labrador, Border collie and some Belgian shepherd dogs solved perfectly all the tasks given by their human colleagues – dangerous substances were found and poisoning was prevented!
Considering the experience of the most advanced countries Spain, Italy (from very soon Hungary and Greece, also ) an accent was made on the National park and local authorities administrations, like institutions crucial for the future anti poisoning activities.

Back