Vultures all over the world

[Susanne]

There is a brandnew (release date: Dec 2, 2024) documentary available on arte tv (in French or German):
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/115491-00 ... der-geier/

"The difficult return of the vultures", French title: "Le fragile retour des vautours".
Quote:
"A good twenty years ago, almost all vultures in Europe were extinct. Special projects have now succeeded in reintroducing them to the Alps and other mountains in Germany, France and Spain: griffon vultures, black vultures, Egyptian vultures and bearded vultures. They are back in Europe, but at the same time old and new dangers threaten them.

The bearded vulture is the largest bird in Europe with a wingspan of three meters. It was already extinct in Germany, but thanks to committed people in bird protection, it is now flying again. The biologist Toni Wegscheider has been leading a bearded vulture reintroduction project in the Bavarian Alps by the State Association for Bird Protection since 2021. Every summer, two young specimens from special European breeding stations are released into the Berchtesgaden National Park. Near Cazorla in Andalusia, Toni Wegscheider witnesses the bearded vulture offspring hatching.
In France, he exchanges GPS data on bearded vultures with his colleague Pascal Orabi, because all animals released into the wild are equipped with transmitters that report the animals' positions on a daily basis.
Some specimens undertake long journeys: several vultures have flown to Germany. And vice versa, a female bearded vulture from Germany has settled in France. The first pairs of bearded vultures are now breeding in the wild again. Populations of griffon vultures, black vultures and Egyptian vultures have also recovered, from the Cévennes to the Pyrenees.
There are many vultures again today, especially in Spain. But Ernesto Álvarez, the president of the nature conservation organization GREFA, is also concerned that old and new dangers await the scavenging birds everywhere. They are the most common patients at GREFA's wildlife hospital, often as a result of collisions with wind turbines or power lines. They are particularly threatened by poisons in landfills and lead-containing ammunition in the carcasses of dead wild animals. "

<Maybe we are lucky and this doc turns up on You Tube. I'll try to check this from time to time.>

French version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5IHMtPA0Qo
English version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHqmGVfLKgU