Puppet-rearing

Puppet-rearing is a method of breeding birds in captivity for their reintroduction into the wild that consists of feeding chicks with puppets that simulate adults of their species to avoid direct contact with humans.[1][2][3]

Puppet feeding of a captive California condor chick.
Feeding of juvenile whooping cranes.

Through imprinting, birds associate the first care images with their parents. In artificial incubation of eggs or orphaned chicks it is necessary to feed them by hand as long as they cannot do it themselves. For this reason, puppets are used to guarantee that the birds can be released later, having generated links with their own species and remaining distrustful of the human being.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. "The Appropriateness of Puppet-Rearing Birds for Reintroduction". Conservation Biology. 1999.
  2. "Puppet-rearing a hooded vulture chick - Zoo Atlanta".
  3. "El renacimiento del quebrantahuesos: así se salva a un ave amenazada por la extinción".
  4. "El Zoobotánico de Jerez al rescate de la espátula".
  5. "Marionetas de cría".
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