The first king vulture in 30 years was hatched in the Bronx Zoo. Zookeepers are using an interesting method to hand-raise the ...

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 ...

A New York zoo is hand-feeding a baby vulture with a realistic bird puppet to ensure it survives to maturity NEW YORK -- A baby vulture at a New York zoo is being fed not by another bird but by ...

There’s a very good reason for it.The zoo said the puppet, which was designed and made by artists in the Bronx Zoo Exhibition and Graphic Arts Department, “helps prevent young birds from ...