BirdLife Cyprus tags griffon vulture chick for the first time

Birdlife Cyprus, today, July 10th, set off on a mission to tag a griffon vulture chick with a ring and GPS transmitter for the first time, they said, since vultures were transported to Cyprus from Spain, in order to increase the population of the species in Cyprus.

Birdlife Cyprus stated that the chick “has a special story,” with it being the first hatched of ‘Molly’ and ‘Ramon,’ two of the vultures brought over from Spain. They noted that the chick marks an important step in the effort to...