European vultures are starving to death

Platform Save the Spanish Vultures want the re-opening of the traditional “Muladares” and enough food in the field to maintain these protected bird populations. Muladares are the traditional places around the villages where farmers bring their dead animals to be eaten by Vultures and other scavengers.

European and Spanish laws allow the opening of traditional Muladares but some of the Autonomous Regions don’t use these possibilities and closed down all Muladares. As these Regions are for a 100% responsible of nature conservation in Spain, the real situation is as if European and Spanish laws do not exist.

WE ASK FOR TRADITIONAL MULADARES ALL OVER SPAIN,
MANAGED BY THE FARMERS.

Egyptian vulture: the most endangered scavanger of Spain?

March 2009.
Spanish Egyptian vulture populations experienced a sharp decline (around 25%) during the last two decades. It seems that the combined effects of habitat features, human persecution and the species’ social behavior could explain the recent largescale territory extinction.
The article "Poison-related mortality effects in the endangered Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) population in Spain" – published online - suggest that poisoning is probably one of the main causes of Egyptian vulture mortality in Spain. The eradication of the illegal use of poisoning and supplementary feeding in specific territories to provide safe food seems priority for its conservation.
To read the article (English), click here.