Stop Poison - measures for the conservation of Black vulture and Imperial eagle in Europe

It is an illegal practice according to European legislation and is endangering some of the most successful conservation initiatives in the EU, such as the reintroduction of griffon and black vultures in France, the conservation of griffon vulture in Sardinia, the conservation of the bearded vulture in Crete, the black vulture in Greece, the Spanish imperial eagle in Spain or the black vulture in Mallorca, amongst other, most of them with a great input of effort from local, national and European authorities and NGOs.

Project aims and objectives

1. Increase the detectability of the poisoned baits in the wild and the automatic answer of the authority bodies on the cases.
2. Ensure a correct collection of samples (baits and animals) by the agents responsible. It's very important for a correct procedure that nobody but the authority touch any evidence.
3. Ensure the possibilities of successful court cases.
4. Improve the public awareness and the data collection on poison incidents
5. Improve the level of public participation in this matter making them participates in the solution of it.
6. Support the environmentally competent authorities in the actions against the illegal use of poison such as reporting, monitoring and following poison cases.
7. Increase inspections by the police by using information obtained by volunteers.
8. To increase key stakeholder’s awareness on the importance of the problem posed by the illegal use of poison in the wild environment in Europe and highlighting the actions we all can use to stop it.
9. To involve zoos in the problems with poison in Europe through promoting the exchange of information and experiences between European NGO’s and European zoos.
10. To have a Stop Poison Network of zoos actively involved in the long-term fight against poison in Europe which can improve the effectiveness of the measures taken across the continent.