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Turkish Cargo and the homecoming story of a tired
endangered griffon vulture
Dobrila is finally returned to Serbia after a
long journey thanks to the farmers that found her
and Turkish Cargo's good gesture.
ISTANBUL: Lost in the woods of
Sanliurfa in Turkey, a tired 1.5-yearold
rare griffon vulture that wondered
in the sky for 1600 kilometers on a
seasonal migration route that started
in Serbia, found ally on farmers that
took it to the Wildlife Rescue and
Rehabilitation Center in Urfa.
The bird was cared for and medically
diagnosed but was determined to be
unable to fly on its own back to Serbia
and Turkish Cargo has filled in to
continue its journey first-class.
K n o w n f o r i t s u n m a t c h e d
capabilities to carry animals under the
most real-like conditions up in the sky,
T u r k i s h C a r g o s t e p p e d i n t o
successfully return the vulture
identified as “Dobrila” back to
Belgrade.
“The 1.5-year old rare griffon vulture
named Dobrila, the last chain of the
ecological system and living in the
Uvac canyon of Serbia only in Europe,
became exhausted while flying
towards the east on its seasonal
migration route, landed in Sanliurfa.
After having been found by the
farmers in Sanliurfa, it was taken to the
Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation
Center in Urfa,” Turkish Cargo said in a
statement.
Turkish Cargo said Turkey's Ministry
o f A g r i c u l t u r e a n d F o r e s t r y
established contact with Serbian
authorities using the tag and tracking
number on Dobrila's foot, when they
noticed that the fowler couldn't fly
anymore. The two countries decided
to send Dobrila to the Biological
Research Institute (Siniša Stanković) in
B e l g r a d e w i t h T u r k i s h C a r g o
sponsoring the trip as part of its
mission to continue protecting animal
rights.
The griffon vulture was eventually
handed over to the Serbian officials
during a ceremony attended by Tanju
Bilgic, the Ambassador of the Republic
of Turkey in Serbia, and Goran Trivan,
the Minister of Environmental
Protection of Serbia.
“Today is a very special day for
Dobrila, because after months of
rehabilitation, it will fly for the first
time. We thank Turkish Cargo for their
support,” said Responsible Biologist
Irena Hrıbsek (Foundation for the
Protection of Birds of Prey).
Turkish Cargo, acting according to
its vision #MissionRescue and carrying
out live animal shipments at the
highest level, previously transported
four lions from Ukraine, which were
struggling with hunger and suffering,
t o t h e i r n a t u r a l h a b i t a t i n
Johannesburg.
Having an extensive flight network
reaching more than 300 destinations
in 124 countries around the world,
Turkish Cargo takes the CITES and
I ATA L A R ( I ATA L i v e A n i m a l s
Regulations) regulations as the
reference, and implements all
documentation, caging, labelling and
marking rules, prescribed under these
regulations, strictly in admission,
storage and transportation processes
during live animal transportation
service it provides with maximum care.