Lynxes and vultures offer insights for European wildlife conservation

Lynxes and vultures offer insights for European wildlife conservation

EU research is providing the most far-reaching analysis of efforts to boost wild-cat populations and aiding scavengers that help balance the ecosystem. Anybody wondering about the hands-on challenges of wildlife conservation in Europe should consider a recent tale. It involves a wild cat, tracking signals and an eye-opening journey. In spring 2023, environmentalists captured an […]

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Bangladesh’s vultures still threatened by poison despite conservation actions

Bangladesh’s vultures still threatened by poison despite conservation actions

Authorities investigating the discovery of 14 dead vultures in a feeding zone that’s meant to be safe for the scavenging birds have found that they died from eating poisoned bait left for other wildlife. The preliminary inquiry by the Bangladesh Forest Department and the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, determined that local people had […]

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Vulture carrion potential boon and threat for endangered Iberian lynx: Studies

Vulture carrion potential boon and threat for endangered Iberian lynx: Studies

During a study last year in Spain to assess scavenging by vultures, researchers made a surprising and unexpected find. A small number of Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus), among the world’s most endangered feline species, readily feasted on the carcasses. According to the study authors, this is one of the first documented instances of such behavior, […]

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