BRONX, N.Y. (WFLA)— Employees at the Bronx Zoo are hand-raising a king vulture chick using a 40-year-old technique that helps prevent it from imprinting on humans. The chick, which hatched on February ...
A baby vulture at the Bronx Zoo is being fed not by another bird but by hand puppet — a decades-old technique used to ensure the chick doesn’t identify too closely with its human handlers. King ...
The baby bird is the first king vulture chick hatched at the zoo in three decades WCS photographer, Terria Clay The Bronx Zoo in New York is trying a playful method to get its newest king vulture ...
A King Vulture chick at the Bronx Zoo is being fed by zoo workers wearing hand puppets. The zoo uses puppets for feeding so that the vulture chick doesn't imprint on humans. An adult of the species ...
The chick, hatched February 25, is being hand-raised to ensure its successful development as some vulture parents can be neglectful toward their chicks. This king vulture chick's genetics are valuable ...