"The chick is being hand-raised using a hand puppet that helps prevent young birds from imprinting on humans, and ensures it grows into a healthy adult," the Bronx Zoo shared in its release.

A baby vulture at a New York zoo is being fed not by another bird but by a hand puppet — a decades-old technique used to ensure the chick doesn’t identify too closely with its human handlers.

A baby vulture at the Bronx Zoo in New York is being raised with a rather unusual parenting technique: feeding with a hand puppet designed to resemble an adult vulture. King vultures are known to ...

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 ...

A baby vulture at the Bronx Zoo in New York is being raised with a rather unusual parenting technique: feeding with a hand puppet designed to resemble an adult vulture. King vultures are known to ...

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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. Trump administration signs minerals deal with ...

NEW YORK — (AP) — 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 ...

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