News & Press

January 2026

Vulpro warns about misinformation linking vultures to the spread of Foot-and-Mouth Disease.

September 2025

Critically endangered Lappet-faced Vulture chick hatches on Heritage Day.

May 2025

Another 100 critically endangered vultures dead, poisoned in Mpumalanga.

April 2025

South Africa’s vultures face extinction as power infrastructure claims more lives

March 2025

After not seeing vultures in this region for over 30 years , the first Cape Vulture has been sighted.

November 2024

Africa’s largest vulture relocation marks an important conservation milestone.

Vulpro Stories

Critically endangered Lappet-faced Vulture chick hatches on Heritage Day

A critically endangered Lappet-faced Vulture chick hatched today, 24 September at Vulpro’s captive breeding facility based at Shamwari Private Game...

Africa’s largest vulture relocation marks a conservation milestone

The first phase of a project to secure the future of wild vulture populations in southern  Africa has been successfully...

Volunteer Story: So like a chicken?

This was the response of the Botswana Customs and Excise official when presented with an export permit to convey a...

VulPro Flies High In Germany

By Bettina Boemans In July of 2022, I got a message from Kerri that she was invited to represent Vulpro...

Why VulPro Is My Happy Place

By Dr Sarah Woodhouse I am a specialist Zoo Veterinarian from the USA and currently volunteering in South Africa at...

A Rescue Story

By Laura Nelson Doing vulture rescues can be exhilarating, heartbreaking or hilarious, or really fun and games. It all depends...

Anecdotes of a VulPro Volunteer | Les Faber

My instruction was to meet at a gate to the entrance of a farm Nooitgedacht 10 Km north-west of...

THANK YOU Siemens Healthineers

We are so grateful to have the support of Siemens Healthineers South Africa aiding us in our mission to save...

CONGRATS

Congratulations to John Turner who has just renewed his adoption of PJ, one of our flight impaired Cape Vultures in...