Five rehabilitated black vultures released at Douro Internacional park, one later dies

Five black vultures, four rescued young birds and one that survived being shot, were set free on 6 October at the Douro Internacional Natural Park after months in an acclimatisation enclosure. They are the third group released under the LIFE Aegypius Return project. Each carries a GPS/GSM tracker for remote monitoring. One bird died days later, probably killed by another wild animal. The colony has grown from two breeding pairs in 2019 to ten, five on each side of the border, and four earlier releases have settled there. Local pupils will name the three unnamed birds.