Between September 20th and 22nd the city of Elabuga of the Republic Tatarstan hosted an international conference on conservation and research of raptors. Organised by the Russian Raptor Research and Conservation Network (RRRCN), the FSI National Park “Nizhnyaya Kama”, the FSI “Volga-Kama Nature Reserve”, the Elabuga Institute of Kazan Federal University and the NGO “Siberian Environmental Center” (Sibecocenter), the conference gathered experts on the fields from around the globe.

In cooperation with the Odessa Zoopark, the "Aquila" company fitted an Eagle Owl Bubo bubo with a datalooger for the first time in history. For many years the Zoopark in Odessa has been conducting various activities on nature conservation field. Among the most spectacular ones one could name the formation of the "Lower Dniestr National Park" or the research on the Ukrainian birds of prey. Recently special emphasis has been stressed out on reintroduction of the Eagle Owl. Several raised in captivity individuals are being released to the nature by the zoopark workers annually.