For the first time, the canton of Ticino also succeeded in raising young animals, as the foundation announced on Wednesday.
A total of 163 bearded vultures have fledged in Switzerland as part of the reintroduction program, according to the report. The first successful broods of reintroduced bearded vultures took place in 2007 in the cantons of Graubünden and Valais. Since 2019, a pair has also been breeding in the Bernese Oberland.
The successful reintroduction of the bird of prey in Switzerland is also of great importance internationally, the foundation said. In many regions in Eurasia and North Africa, the bearded vulture is highly endangered or extinct.
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It’s 30 years since bearded vultures were first reintroduced into the central Swiss Alps - now there are more than 50. But how well are they doing?
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