Zookeepers at Prague Zoo use hand puppets resembling adult vultures to feed baby vultures, preventing human imprinting. This ...

Zookeepers feeding two baby vultures in Prague are using a hand puppet designed to resemble the chicks' parents, a technique they hope will help the birds learn to identify with other vultures rather ...

PRAGUE (Reuters) -Zookeepers feeding two baby vultures in Prague are using a hand puppet designed to look like the chicks' ...

Hand-puppet rearing has also been used to help bring back the critically endangered California condor. The new king vulture chick, which is yet to be named, is the first of its kind to be hatched ...

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 ...

The zookeeper then uses the hand puppet to feed the baby bird, which is inside a brooder that is serving as a nest for the chick. CNN reports that the bird’s gender has yet to be determined.

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 ...

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. Associated Press • Apr 29, 2025, 6:40 PM ...