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NEW YORK — A baby vulture at a New York 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 ...

The Bronx Zoo is hand-raising a king vulture chick with a hand puppet so the bird doesn't imprint on humans.

The Bronx Zoo’s baby king vulture gets fed with a hand puppet that looks like an adult bird. Hatched on February 25, this tiny as-yet-unnamed creature in the fluffy white feather shrug looks ...

A king vulture feeds with the help of vulture puppet, March 2025, at the Bronx Zoo in the Bronx borough of New York. (Terria Clay/Wildlife Conservation Society via AP) ...

A New York zoo is hand-feeding a baby vulture with a realistic bird puppet to ensure it survives to maturity.

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 vultures can neglect their chicks, so hand-feeding is necessary to ensure the baby survives, the Bronx Zoo said in a statement Tuesday. But to make sure it doesn’t imprint on humans, staff ...

EGAD Manager Carolyn Fuchs explains how a king vulture hand puppet operates, March 2025, at the Bronx Zoo in the Bronx borough of New York. (Terria Clay/Wildlife Conservation Society via AP) ...