The Bronx Zoo in New York is using a specially designed hand puppet to feed its new king vulture chick, which is intended to ...

King vultures can neglect their chicks, so hand-feeding is necessary to ensure the baby survives, the Bronx Zoo said in a ...

A king vulture chick hatched at the Bronx Zoo this year isbeingg hand fed by a puppet. King vultures are native to Mexico, ...

Handlers at the Bronx Zoo are using an interesting technique to feed and care for a king vulture chick.

A baby vulture at a New York zoo is being fed not by another bird but by a hand puppet — a decades-old technique.

Employees at the Bronx Zoo are hand-raising a king vulture chick using a 40-year-old technique that helps prevent it from ...

On February 25, 2025, a king vulture chick hatched at the Bronx Zoo in New York. Zookeepers are hand-raising the chick using ...

A chick at the Bronx Zoo is fed using a hand puppet resembling a vulture to prevent it from imprinting on humans. This technique, developed to ensure chick survival from neglectful parents, has ...

the Bronx Zoo said in a statement Tuesday. 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.