Raptor TAG Celebrates IVAD

International Vulture Awareness Day 2017

Dear Colleagues,
 
Saturday, September 2 is International Vulture Awareness Day (IVAD)! Many of you have been celebrating IVAD at your institutions for years, and we welcome those celebrating it for the first time this year. All of you are advocates for vulture conservation every single day!
 
 This year, we are joining together to coordinate our efforts and share resources to make IVAD an even more effective tool to raise public awareness about the dire need for vulture conservation. Our goals are to:

• Encourage more institutions to celebrate IVAD by creating a centralized location for resource sharing;
• Coordinate the conservation messaging that goes along with IVAD in order to broadcast the information more effectively;
• Expand the network of professionals dedicated to vulture conservation in order to more easily share information, strategies, and ideas about IVAD on a global level;
• Reframe the way people think about vultures and start a new #VultureCulture

​The Raptor TAG education advisors have put together a field activity guide to help everyone come up with new ways to celebrate IVAD at your institutions. This activity guide contains suggested conservation messaging and action items around which IVAD activities can be centered, as well as ideas, templates, and information about games, crafts, and activities. It also includes a quick highlight of ongoing vulture conservation efforts in the field.

This information and additional resources is available on the Raptor Tag website.

IVAD 2017 Resources

In coming together to celebrate International Vulture Awareness Day, we can speak as one unified voice about the importance of saving vultures and the ecosystems of which they are a critical part!
 
We’ve created lots of great resources on the Raptor TAG website for IVAD, but also check out VultureDay.org to register your event and find even more resources! Together we can make a huge impact on the lives of vultures!
 
Sincerely,
 
The Raptor TAG
 
PS- Talking about your IVAD Activities? If you celebrate IVAD this year, we’d love to know about it! Share photos on social media with the hashtags:
 
#IVAD2017
#VultureCulture
#KeepCalmAndCarrion