The Department of Territory and Housing of the Generalitat will carry out the release of an Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) that recovered from anticoagulant rodenticide poisoning. The event will take place at the PAS de les Vinyes, an area managed by the Fundació Pioners del Nostre Temps, and will be attended by the secretary of Ecological Transition.

The bird, a chick named Muga, was rescued from its nest during vulture population monitoring tasks. These tasks are carried out by the Fundació Pioners del Nostre Temps, the Conservation Biology Group of the University of Barcelona, and the Mountain Support Group of the Rural Agents Corps. Technicians detected symptoms of poisoning during GPS tagging and ringing.

After the rescue, the Egyptian vulture was transferred to the Torreferrussa and Vallcalent Wildlife Centers, where the diagnosis was confirmed, and treatment was completed. Coordination was handled by the Aiguamolls de l'Empordà Wildlife Center. Experts suggest that the poisoning occurred through the ingestion of contaminated rodents that the parents had captured to feed the chick. Shortly after, the breeding adult was found dead beneath the nest.

Once recovered, the chick will be released at the PAS de les Vinyes, an area that the Fundació Pioners del Nostre Temps has managed since 2019 with the aim of consolidating new territories for the Egyptian vulture. This initiative has been crucial for the return of this species' reproduction to the area in just a few years.

The Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition will use the event to raise awareness about the dangers of using anticoagulant rodenticides in agricultural and peri-urban areas. These substances can cause secondary poisoning in natural predators, such as raptors, which accumulate the poison through their prey. In the long term, the disappearance of these predators can lead to a proliferation of rodents, creating an effect contrary to what is desired.