The Bronx Zoo in New York is using a specially designed hand puppet to feed its new king vulture chick, which is intended to ...

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 hand ...

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 train the bird's instincts onto a hand ...