"It is a good example of the extent we go to ensure the health of individual animals and of species populations." Along with the hand puppet, an adult king vulture is set up in the enclosure next ...

The new king vulture chick, which is yet to be named, is the first of its kind to be hatched at the Bronx Zoo since the 1990s.

A king vulture chick is being hand-raised by a puppet ... “At this stage of development, our animal care staff are feeding the chick with the Bronx Zoo-made puppet once a day and we are working ...

Over the years, several institutions, including this one, have figured out a peculiar but effective solution to that conundrum: A zookeeper does the feeding with a hand puppet that looks like an ...

April 29 (UPI) --The Bronx Zoo in New York announced the first king vulture chick to hatch at the facility in three decades is being hand-raised using a puppet ... after the animal made a surprise ...

For the first time in three decades, a king vulture chick has hatched at the Bronx Zoo in New York.The staff at the zoo are using a unique method to hand-raise the rare baby bird.In a social media ...

But to make sure it doesn't imprint on humans, staff train the bird's instincts onto a hand puppet that's crafted to look like a real vulture. “At this stage of development, our animal care ...

staff train the bird's instincts onto a hand puppet that's crafted to look like a real vulture. Recommended Videos “At this stage of development, our animal care staff are feeding the chick with ...