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WILDLIFE REHABILITATI ONand BREEDING CENTRE

Green Balkans

Annual Report

2017P.O.Box 27, 6006 Stara Zagora, BulgariaTel.: +359 42 607 741e-mail: [email protected]

WILDLIFE REHABILITATION and BREEDING CENTRE – Annual Report 2017

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Dear colleagues and partners,

Dear volunteers and supporters of the Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre - Green Balkans, As a rector of Trakia University – Stara Zagora I am extremely proud to be your partner since a great part of the Centre’s team were once our students. Our university is the most authoritative and prestigious higher institution in the area of veterinary medicine and agrarian sciences. With our whole educational and scientific capacity we supported you in the beginning, when from one noble idea the Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre – Green Balkans was created and developed. And we have continued to work together through the years. With your persistent enthusiasm and love for our nature, you have proved that the ‘Green idea’ is not a myth, but a reality for the lives and souls of so many, that the Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre is needed for its’ specific work and actions taken in protecting the wild fauna of

Bulgaria. It is an educational and research centre for the public, teaching kids and young adults to love and care about our nature. Dear colleagues, I congratulate you for the achieved results during the past year, and I assure you that Trakia University will continue to be your partner and friend in the years to come. We will support you and continue to work together in projects for saving our wild animals and reintroducing extinct species in Bulgaria’s nature.

Respectfully, Professor Ivan VashinRector of Trakia University

Ivaylo Klisurov Manager of the WRBC

Rusko Petrov Veterinary physician, Operational Manager of the WRBC

Ivanka Lazarova Veterinary physician

Nikolay Arabadzhiev Maintenance and Servicing of the WRBC

Yordanka Vasileva Breeding Programme Coordinator on the ‘Lesser Kestrel Recovery’ project and the ‘New Hope for the Egyptian Vulture’ project

Darren WeeksBreeding Programme Coordinator on the ‘Saker Falcon Reintroduction’ project

Georgi ZagorovField seasonal worker on the ‘Saker Falcon Reintroduction’ project

Petar Petrov Seasonal worker

Теxt: Hristina Klisurova; Translation: Yana Andonova; Photos: Darren Weeks, GREEN BALKANS Archive; Concept: Tanio Markov; Printed by NEO Art – Silistra;

GREEN BALKANS – Stara Zagora NGO © 2018

Yana Andonova Seasonal worker

ADMISSION

Integral part of the admissions in the Centre are the signals, which we are receiving every day throughout the whole year. In the summer they can reach up to 90 a day. Most of them – connected directly to the work in the Centre, but some are far out of our scope. However, even in these cases, we always try to help with at least guidance and advice.

In 2017, in the Centre were admitted 1714 patients, 98% of which were endangered species.

OUR WORK IN 2017

Received patients by Class

AVES – 1229

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REPTILIA – 36

Received patients by Order

Conservation status 2017

IUCN4,1%

CITES22,5% BONN

13,1%

BERN31,2%

Dimitar ZhelyazkovVeterinary physician

Yoanna IvanovaBreeding Coordinator on the ‘Saker Falcon Reintroduction’ project

TEAM Our team consists of responsible and motivated young people, devoted to nature conservation. Here we are:

Andreana DichevaField Associate on the ‘Lesser Kestrel Recovery’ project, Breeding Associate on the ‘Saker Falcon’ project

Nikolay IvanovSeasonal worker

Hristina KlisurovaVeterinary physician,P.R.

Penyo MilevVeterinary technicianYanko Yankov

Field Coordinator on the ‘Saker Falcon Reintroduction’ project

Marin StoevVeterinary technician

Mariela ZagorskaAccountant

Yani TerzievVeterinary physician

Bulgarian Biodiversity Act – 329,2%

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Тук да се смени името на проекта с това: “Egyptian Vulture New LIFE” (LIFE16 NAT/BG / 000874)


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Received animals from all over the country – by sites of finding

Since Green Balkans’ Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre continues to be leading in the field, we are admitting patients from all over the country.

Logically, due to animals’ period of breeding, the Centre’s peak season for admitting patients is during the summer months. In 2017, however, we have high admittance in November and December as well – two large colonies of bats were taking in during this time. The number of admittances is fairly unchanged from previous years. In 2017, as in every other year, the most help we’ve gotten in taking in patients in the Centre is from various individuals, private entities.

Dynamics of patient flow by months

Summary of the results of the activity of the Rescue Centre for the period 1992–2016

Received animals from all over the country – by MoEW territorial division

Animals, sent by various institutions and private entities


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The statistic of the reasons for admission, and that of the patients condition are not surprising this year as well, and are both connected to the advent of newly-born animals in the spring-summer season.

Patients’ state and condition

Number of patients by reason for admittance

TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION

The veterinary care is still the leading activity of the Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre. For this reason, half the team of the Centre is comprised of veterinary physicians, veterinary technicians and veterinary medicine students. In 2017 the veterinary specialists conducted 43 operations, as a result of which 8 animals were released back into the wild, and of 78 treated fractures – for 45 patients the stay ended well, and were released back after. However, the duties of our vets don’t end here. They are in charge of the treatment, rehabilitation and looking after the young animals as well. With their help, the Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre became a home for 612 wild baby orphans. 346 from which were successfully raised and released back in the wild.

Patients by type of medication

Foster parenting proved to be a good practice in 2017 as well. It’s scope was even beyond the boundaries of the Centre as pairs of foster parents were picked out from wild as well – sparrows, tits and owls, amongst others.

BREEDING PROGRAMME

Another part of the Centre’s activities is the breeding programme, part of which are 4 species of vultures, Barn Owls, Little Owls, Common and Lesser Kestrels, Saker Falcons, and Eastern Imperial Eagles, which, besides looking after their own hatchlings, are also being foster parents to many of the young ones admitted in the Centre. In 2017, we had 174 hatchlings, from which 158 were released in the wild.


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RESULTS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE WRBC IN 2017

Of the 1714 admitted or hatched here animals in 2017, 58% were released back into the wild, as of course the locations were specifically chosen for each species. The Bearded Vulture chick, hatched in the Centre, even crossed the boundaries of the country and was released in Andalusia, Spain.

LETHAL30%

TRANSFERRED 2%

RELEASED

57,5%

EUTHANASIA 5,5%

AVIARY KEEPING 5%

Release sites in 2017

Patients by treatment outcome 2017 REINTRODUCTION PROGRAMMES

Lesser Kestrel

The 25 Lesser Kestrel pairs in the Centre had 92 chicks. Most of them were released in the adaptation module for the ‘Lesser Kestrel Recovery’ project, LIFE11 NAT/BG/360. In 2017 we tried out the area around the Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre as a new territory for the releasing of young Lesser Kestrels, where 40 birds were released.

Saker Falcon

In 2017, the 9 Sake Falcon pairs had 15 chicks, 13 of which, as usual, were released via the adaptation aviaries near the village of Malko Kadievo, Stara Zagora region. The end of the season for the projects’ field-work was marked by the Saker Falcon Festival, initiated by locals and the team of the ‘Saker Falcon Reintroduction’ project.

Vultures

As part of the ‘Bright Future for the Black Vulture’ project, LIFE14 NAT/BG/649, The Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre was designated as a place for quarantine, which 77 Griffon Vultures passed through. A success was the laid egg of the Black Vultures’ pair, even though proving infertile.

Egyptian Vultures

From the summer of 2017 Green Balkans is part of the ‘Egyptian Vulture NEW LIFE’ project /LIFE16 NAT/BG/000874, partnering 14 other countries on the route of the Egyptian Vulture’s migration, united for the better future of the species. The role of the Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre in the project is to create pairs, which would be foster parents in the process of raising young ones, before they are released in the wild.

Release sites in 2017


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CAMPAIGNS

Over 3000 kids and students visited the Centre in 2017. Our team, on the other hand, visited 40 events, kindergardens, schools and universities, where we presented our activities. In addition we had a number of official visits from representatives of the local and national authorities, of ministries, and of national and international partners of Green Balkans.

In 2017 the donation campaign of the Wildlife Rehabilitation and Breeding Centre continued. We thank everyone, who believed in us and helped us!

Gergana Bruel, Grozdanka Ruseva Stamova, Yuliana Georgieva, Petya Parashkevova, The Vrachanski Balkan Naturе Park Directorate, Bulgarian Charities Aid Foundation, Tatyana Dimitrova, Rozzi Travel Ltd., Zornitza Panayotova, Shuerm Koleva, Zhaneta Ivanova Ilieva, Martin Monov, Simeon Ivanov, Marin Petkov, Ivo Velichkov Naev, Adelina Slavova, Kostadin Marinov, Zheko Dimitrov, Pavlina Stefanova, Zheremi Zhan Tushar, Mirela Valkova, Tzvetevina Makn, Darren Weeks, Lilyana Petrova, The Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds, Stanislava Apostolova, Diana Ivanova Gergova, Lyuba, Petar, Emil Mitev, Izabela Stefanova Tzarska, Diana Vasileva Pavlova, Trendafil Rumenov Tank, Ilian Georgiev Iliev, Maria Angelova Zantova, Lyudmil Antonov, ContourGlobal and Armeec Insurance JSC, BULAGRO 97 JSC.

VOLUNTEERING

Volunteering is a calling. It is a higher form of humanism, and for us is a show of trust, but also a responsibility that comes with the job. We thank everyone, who donated their time and energy for the injured wild animals of Bulgaria!

Tatyana Krastanova, Sofia Derilova, Zornitza Hristova, Kornelia Hristova, Stefan Peev, Desislava Velikova, Ivanka Petkova, Tzvetomir Stoyanov, Teodoros Amarantidis, Josh Clark, Martin Slavchev, Damyan Karabaliev, Radomira Gospodinova, Atanas Radkov, Egor Vityuk, Antonii Gochev, Radoslav Stoyanov, Milen Georgiev, Ivan Ivanov, Kristian Ivanov, Hristiyan Dinkov, Karina Ivanova,

Bozhidara Ivanova, Emil Georgiev, Nikolay Dinchev, Yavor Ivanov, Mariyan Stoykova, Alian Valchev, Petar Petrov, Militza Ivanova, Vili Manolova, Bozhidar Dzhapunov, Daniel Hristov, Tzvetan Terziiski, Dimitar Ivanov, Toshko Todorov, Georgi Zhelev, Kristina Nikolova, Yana Andonova, Stefka Koleva, Trayan Vasilev, Stanislav Aleksov, Chavdar Ibrashimov, Ilian Ivanov, Roslan Marinov, Stilyana Cherneva, Evgeni Petrov, Simeon Petrov, Nikolay Ivanov, David Valchev, Aleksandra Duma, Steliana Stamova, Steliana Yaneva, volunteers from ContourGlobal and SAP Labs Bulgaria Ltd.

TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

In 2017 the Centre was partnering the Ministry of Education and Science on project ‘Students and graduates’ practical training’. During the time of our participation in it, over 70 students, most of them from Trakia University in Stara Zagora, went through their practical training. In addition, in the summer we had students from PGVM ‘Ivan Pavlov’ for training in the Centre, as well Veterinary Medicine students doing their internships. Exchange students from Romania and Turkey were here as well, to gain knowledge on veterinary medicine for wild animals.


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FACILITIES, CONSTRUCTION AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE

The different facilities in the Centre all need maintenance – the adaptation aviaries, specialised rooms, cages… 65 in total are only the aviaries, 9 are the adaptation aviaries for releasing small birds, 17 different rooms for servicing the centre, 2 pools, 23 nest boxes for Lesser Kestrels, and we have 14 acres of yard for the two bases. 166 are the CCTV cameras, mounted and maintained by our team.

MEDIA ABOUT US

In 2017 we were in of 150 articles, reportages in news in different local and national, online and printed editions.

FUNDINGIncomes received at the Rescue Center in 2017: BGN/€: 322 268 BGN/164 842 €

Costs incurred by the Rescue Center in 2017

ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTRE BEYOND ITS PREMISES Often our team and volunteers are conducting field work, connected closely to the work in the Centre – constructing adaptation aviaries, preparing terrain for releasing birds there, monitoring cetaceans, bats, caves… This way, not only we’re being of help, but educating ourselves as well.


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DONORS AND PARTNERSWe thank everyone who trusted us and helped us in 2017.

Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW)EMEPA

Trakia University – Stara Zagora

Vocational High School of Veterinary Medicine – Stara Zagora

Bulgarian Charities Aid Foundation

LIFE+ financial instrument of the European Community (EU)

NATURA 2000 network

EuroNatur – Germany

Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF)

Praha Minicipality

Zoo Praha

Workshop for Civic InitiativesFoundation

‘Students and graduates’ practical training’ projectMinistry of Education and Science

Toner Stream

ContourGlobal

Insurance JSC ARMEEC

CLIMA – D Ltd.

Stichting Wildlife

Zlin Zoo – Czech RepublicAlwetterzoo-Munster – GermanyTierpark Goerlitz – GermanyBudapest Zoo – HungaryDierenrijk – NetherlandsAmus – SpainUstaritz – FranceZoo Barcelona – Spain

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