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 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.

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.

In a social media post, the Bronx Zoo announced that a hand puppet is helping zoo staff take care of the bird.. So, why a puppet? There’s a very good reason for it. The zoo said the puppet, which was ...