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The Changing Fortunes of Europe’s Vultures – Part 1

10,000 Birds

The south, just 21 kilometers away, is the coast of Morocco and the Griffons have just completed a short but arduous sea-crossing across the Strait of Gibraltar. In Franco’s day, a price was paid to farmers and hunters who brought evidence of having shot “vermin”. Griffon Vultures have a long breeding season.

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