On March 26, 2025, the symposium “The Prevention of the Risk of Electrocution of Birds” organized by E-Distribution as part of the LIFE MILVUS project will be held in Rome. The event will take stock of the impact that electrocution causes on the conservation of threatened species, present virtuous experiences...

Newsletter No. 2, which recounts the main activities that were developed during 2024 as part of the LIFE MILVUS project in both Italy and Corsica, is available in PDF format. The document is available in Italian and English. To download the document click here:

Andrea is back in the air. After the shotgun blast in Calabria that injured his right wing last Oct. 3 and after a long period of treatment and rehabilitation, the young red kite was released into the wild on Jan. 19, 2025 near Madonie Regional Park in Sicily. Born in...

On December 4 and 5, 2024, the Aspromonte National Park headquarters located in Gambarie, a hamlet of the municipality of Santo Stefano in Aspromonte (RC), hosted a qualification course on the phenomenon of wildlife poisoning organized under the LIFE MILVUS project. The use of poisoned baits turns out to be...

Red kite Andrea was wounded by a shot on Oct. 3 south of Reggio Calabria, between the localities of Pellaro and Motta S. Giovanni. The specimen had been born in Switzerland (Canton of Fribourg) in spring 2023 and had been released in Aspromonte National Park in August of that year...

On August 7, 2024, 17 red kites were released in Aspromonte National Park. These were ten young individuals from Switzerland, five juveniles from Corsica, and two red kites, one juvenile and one adult, which had been found in distress in Basilicata in recent months. Thanks to the valuable work of...