The first Antipoison Dog Units in Greece are ready!

02.03.2014

The training of the Antipoison Dogs Units, after several weeks , is coming to an end. Both dogs and guides are practically ready to return to Greece and start working on real cases. The training has been difficult and demanding for the guides. Learning and putting in practice the methodology used to carry out a search for poison baits is not at all easy. On the one...

Informational meeting considering the possibilities for funding in accordance with the agro-ecological actions of Measure 214 ‘Agro-ecological payments’ and the problem with the wolf attacks was held in Madzharvo

11.02.2014

The initiative came from Milko Armutliev, mayor of Madzharovo municipality and the BSPB team from the LIFE+ project „The return of the Neophron“. The possibilities for funding in accordance with the agro-ecological actions of Measure 214 ‘Agro-ecological payments’ within the Rural Development Programme at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, for...

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...

Sudan “killer line” disconnected

30.01.2014

The notorious power line from Port Sudan to the Red Sea coast, which is estimated to have electrocuted hundreds and perhaps thousands of Endangered Egyptian Vultures since its construction in the 1950s, has been switched off. This decisive action by the Sudanese government and power company officials follows years of work by BSPB (BirdLife in Bulgaria), and ...