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Gay vulture couple adopts egg in German zoo

Edit The Times of India 01 May 2016
A pair of gay vultures in a ... Animal keepers had collected the egg in the muddy ground under a tree where it had been dropped by a griffon vulture called Lisa, said national news agency DPA....

Himalayan vulture sighted in Nilgiris

Edit The Times of India 21 Apr 2016
The last thing N Raveendran, a Madurai-based naturalist, expected to see when he participated in the vulture census in the forests of the Nilgiris was a Himalayan griffon vulture ... griffon vulture ( Gyps himalayensis)....

Vanishing vultures make comeback in Tamil Nadu

Edit The Times of India 16 Apr 2016
Vultures are ugly, ominous and evillooking creatures. The very circling of vultures in the sky is a sign that something on the ground is giving up the ghost ... Association for Conservation of Indian Raptors secretary S Chandrasekar said habitat in both the Nilgiris north forest division and STR supports the critically endangered white-rumped vulture, an Old World vulture closely related to the European griffon vulture....

Vulture population on rise in Charotar

Edit The Times of India 07 Apr 2016
The vulture population may have witnessed a catastrophic decline ... "We are regularly monitoring vulture population in the Charotar region since 2013. In 2013, we had counted 35-40 vultures and seven nests ... "There were four different species that we came across including the long-billed vulture, the white-rumped vulture, the Eurasian griffon vulture and the Egyptian vulture," said Patel....

All flippers on deck! Russia looks to recruit new dolphin brigade

Edit CNN 10 Mar 2016
Vultures, dolphins, squirrels and other animals accused of being spies. A griffon vulture, like the one held in Lebanon. In a similar incident in 2011, officials in Saudi Arabia 'detained' a vulture on suspicion of being an Israeli spy, according to Israel's Maariv-NRG news site ... Vultures, dolphins, squirrels and other animals accused of being spies ... Vultures, dolphins, squirrels and other animals accused of being spies....

Hiking the Mediterranean in style: Granada to Seville

Edit The Examiner 22 Feb 2016
It’s fun, outdoorsy, and has just the right touch of indulgence ... One such trip is a mesmerizing journey into Old Spain ... Wildlife includes Andalusian mountain goats, curious foxes, graceful griffon vultures, and a dazzling array of butterflies, among others ... Here you’ll also find thick flocks of griffon vultures and at least three species of eagles – but don't worry, those raptors don’t hunt people ... Here’s where the indulgence comes in ... ....

Bulgarian motorway poised to carve up wildlife haven

Edit The Guardian 17 Feb 2016
Bulgaria is planning to carve a motorway to Greece through a spectacular gorge famed for its golden eagles, griffon vultures and peregrine falcons, in defiance of an EU order to tunnel the road ... Ironically, the EU has funded the rewilding of griffon vultures in Kresna and offered €1bn of grants for the motorway on the condition a long underground tunnel is constructed....

The journey from Himalayas to Goa

Edit The Times of India 10 Feb 2016
A juvenile Himalayan Griffon vulture's loss of direction on its winter flight proved to be Goan birders' gain, as the recent sighting in Cacora left them elated and the state list richer with a rare sighting ... "Omkar spotted the huge bird first," says Bhagat, knowing that vultures are very rare in Goa, especially the Himalayan Griffon ... Juveniles of Himalayan Griffon invariably fly out of their breeding ground to avoid competition....

Slashdot Israeli Vulture Suspected of Spying Returned

Edit Slashdot 01 Feb 2016
New submitter red crab writes. BBC reports that a griffon vulture with GPS tracking device attached to its leg that was part of conservation program at Tel Aviv University was captured in Lebanon after it was suspected to be a Israeli spy. UN Liaison forces helped secure the release of the bird after holding talks with Lebanese and Israeli officials. Read more of this story at Slashdot ... ....

Israeli Vulture Suspected of Spying Returned

Edit Slashdot 01 Feb 2016
New submitter red crab writes. BBC reports that a griffon vulture with GPS tracking device attached to its leg that was part of conservation program at Tel Aviv University was captured in Lebanon after it was suspected to be a Israeli spy. UN Liaison forces helped secure the release of the bird after holding talks with Lebanese and Israeli officials. Read more of this story at Slashdot ... ....

Israeli 'spy vulture' captured in Lebanon

Edit Topix 31 Jan 2016
The residents of the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbail caught the bird on Tuesday. The Israel Nature and Parks Authority said the griffon vulture was wearing a tracking device, the Jerusalem Post reported ... ....

Lebanon returns Israeli vulture cleared of spying

Edit BBC News 30 Jan 2016
A huge vulture detained in Lebanon on suspicion of spying for Israel has been returned home after UN peacekeepers intervened, Israeli officials said ... They became suspicious as the griffon vulture had a tracking device attached to its tail ... It is not the first time a griffon vulture has been taken to be an agent of the Israeli spy agency Mossad....

Israeli vulture cleared of spying

Edit BBC News 30 Jan 2016
A griffon vulture detained in Lebanon on suspicion of spying for Israel has been returned home after UN intervention, Israeli officials say ... ....
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