The race against poison has begun!

07.02.2014

As part of the actions against the illegal use of poison which are implemented within the framework of the LIFE+ Project “The Return of the Neophron”, members of the HOS and WWF teams are currently in Andalusia (Spain) in order to be trained as dog handlers of the future Antipoison Dog Units . Once the training has finished, the handlers together with their...

Sudan “killer line” disconnected is one of the highlights from BirdLife International of 2013

05.02.2014

The decommission and the replace of the “killer line” from Port Sudan to the Red Sea coast, which is estimated to have electrocuted hundreds and perhaps thousands of Endangered Egyptian Vultures is among the highlights from BirdLife International of 2013. This decisive action by the Sudanese government and power company officials follows years of work by BSPB...

Illegal use of poison baits seminar for Forestry Services

02.02.2014

On the 21st of January, HOS carried out together with the Forestry Service on Ioannina, a seminar with the title “Poison baits in Greece: impacts and conflict solving”. The seminar was held at the Epirus Region Congress Centre in Ioannina and was addressed to all the Forestry Services of Ioannina. Nearly 50 civil servants from different departments attended the...

Double concern for the years’ births (Short stories from guards’ diaries)

29.01.2014

The days of July, August, September are passing and the concern of nests' guards about the survival of chicks is culminating. Will everything go well? Will they fly? Will they succeed in migrating? The daily monitoring of the life of Egyptian vultures' families has undoubtedly affected the feelings of the guards. Feelings as fondness, stress, responsibility made them feel...

Uninvited visitors in Egyptian vulture nest (Short stories from guards’ diaries)

28.01.2014

It is 10th of September and the chick Egyptian vulture " Katerina " is still in the nest situated at the Dadia Forest. Two days ago, her older brother " Paschalis " had started its long trip to Africa. " Katerina " has already started flying away from the nest and being absent for several hours. The parents were also absent for hours. Near noon, the juvenile...

Monitoring of the Egyptian vultures in FYR of Macedonia 2012-2013

28.01.2014

In the last 30 years the Egyptian Vulture population in FYR of Macedonia has dramatically declined, from estimated 140 pairs around 1983 to 40 pairs in 2003. Similar strong decrease has been also observed in the other Balkan countries, and the species is now considered extinct from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. Strong population decline has been...