In the summer of 2021, two bearded vultures were released in Bavaria. One has since been found dead.
The bearded vultures Wally (left) and Bavaria before their transport in the Berchtesgaden National Park in summer 2021. Wally has not survived a year in the wild. © Peter Kneffel/dpa
This should clarify a possible cause of death, said the spokesman for the State Association for Bird Protection (LBV), Markus Erlwein, on Wednesday. “We hope to learn something during June.”
However, it is unclear to what extent the investigations can bring concrete results. The carcass had probably been outside for at least a month.
“It remains to be seen whether one can really find out anything from the few remains.”
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Animal rights activists dismayed: Bearded vulture Wally is dead
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A climbing team from the LBV found the remains of the animal that had disappeared since mid-April on Saturday. Bones, feathers, a ring and a GPS transmitter lay in an inaccessible gully at an altitude of 1500 meters.
Wally and her fellow Bavarian were released into the wild in Berchtesgaden National Park last summer, more than 100 years after the bearded vultures were exterminated in Germany.
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Bavaria, who circled as far as Vienna, is still doing well. Two young female Bearded Vultures from the same breeding program are to be released in Spain next week.
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