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Experts from the Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre and students from Student Ecological Club "BARBATUS" in the field with a mission to conserve the Egyptian vulture
Jul 23, 2026

A team of experts from the Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre of Green Balkans, the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds, the "Nature Madzharovo" Association, and the Rewilding Rhodopes Foundation conducted a specialised theoretical and practical training for future veterinarians from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Trakia University – Stara Zagora, who are members of the Student Ecological Club "BARBATUS".

 

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Students and International Scientists Join Forces to Ring Lesser Kestrels at Nature Academy
Jul 09, 2026
Students and volunteers took part in hands-on activities involving the preparation and ringing of endangered Lesser Kestrels. The practical training was held at the Green Balkans Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre as part of the educational initiative Nature Academy, implemented within the framework of the Life for the Lesser Kestrel project (LIFE19 NAT/BG/001017), co-funded by the European Union's LIFE Programme. The main objective of the initiative is to identify motivated university students, support their future professional development, and at the same time promote Green Balkans' conservation work among Bulgarian universities.
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Third Bearded Vulture Chick Goes Free
Jul 02, 2026

The third bearded vulture chick for this season was placed in an artificial nest (hack), which it will leave only when it feels confident enough to fly. The young bird is the first offspring of our second breeding pair at the Rescue Centre of “Green Balkans”.

 

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The stork Anton in the chapel of the University Hospital "Virgin Mary"
The extraordinary story of stork Anton – from University Hospital “Deva Maria” in Burgas, through the Wildlife Rescue Centre in Stara Zagora, to Moldova and Ukraine
May 09, 2026
This is the story of an extraordinary stork… a stork with a name – Anton.
And why Anton? Because everything began on Antonovden (St. Anthony’s Day) – the day fate brought him together with the people who would give him a second chance. On that day, an exhausted and distressed bird came under the care of Stanimira Stoyanova, head nurse at University Hospital „Deva Maria“. The hospital team provided the first vital care for the brave traveller, helping it survive.
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One of the dead Vultures
Deadly Poisons near Kotel: Four Cinereous Vultures and One Griffon Vulture Killed
Jan. 13, 2026

On 10 January 2026, alarming data were received from the tracking transmitters of two of the birds. Our team immediately responded on site, and on 11 January 2026 two dead Black Vultures (Cinereous Vultures), part of the programme for the restoration of the species in Bulgaria, were found. A report was filed with the Kotel Police Department, and teams from the Wildlife Rescue Centre of Green Balkans, as well as the Sector “Crimes against the Environment, Wildlife and Animals” of the General Directorate of National Police, arrived at the scene.

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