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Current News Releases

27 April 2012 – Director of Peregrine Fund’s Africa programs elected to lead group to assess vulture declines, conservation plans

Archived News Releases

2010

20 December 2010 – Study shows poisoning, changing land uses cause alarming drop in vulture numbers in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve
16 July 2010 – Peregrine Fund researcher finds alarming drop in numbers of endangered Sokoke Scops Owls in Africa

2009

5 November 2009 – The Peregrine Fund Assists Launch of Conservation Program for Critically Endangered Madagascar Pochard

2008

19 December 2008 – Designation will Protect Rare Species in Madagascar

2006

20 November 2006 – Bird Considered Extinct has Been Re-discovered --Madagscar Pochard

1998

24 July 1998 – First Madagascar Serpent-Eagle Nest Discovered

1994

13 March 1994 – Madagascar Serpent-Eagle Captured for First Time in 60 Years

Popular Articles

Kenyan refuse collectors under poison cloud (March 2011)
Fishing for Fish Eagles on Lake Naivasha (January 2010)
Stealth and the city: The predator of Nairobi streets (January 2010)
Hail the vulture - The Mr. Clean of East Africa (January 2009)
International Vulture Awareness Day 2009: Celebrations in Nairobi, Kenya (January 2009)
Spreading the conservation message by camera (January 2009)
Saving East Africa's vultures (January 2008)

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News Media Coverage

17 December 2010 – Science In Action (segment 3 of 4, start at 21:45) (BBC)
17 December 2010 – Poisoning drives vulture decline in Masai Mara, Kenya (BBC)