The story of Bearded Vulture BG1055 - what is takes to breed chicks in captivity
Published 2020-02-27
To breed Bearded Vulture chick BG1055, the Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF) started preparing for the breeding season months ago. First, the team had to prepare its future foster parent, Kajazo, who is actually a human imprinted male and mates with his human keeper. At the same time, the staff was also looking after the other breeding pairs of the centre, including Joseph (male) and M. Antoinette (female) who laid the clutch that became BG1055! The centre artificially incubates the eggs, and this involves taking a number of steps to aid the hatching process, including thermal shock, a protocol developed by the VCF. Once the chick hatched, it was taken care by the staff and monitored non stop until it was ready to be adopted by its foster parent. Watch the video and learn the fascinating story of what it took to breed this chick in captivity!
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All Comments (21)
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Happy birthday today, BG1055. 2 years old this day. I love you.
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This made me cry with joy. Lamageier my favourite bird. Thank you so so much for all your work in saving this species. You are a saint. X
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Make animals go extinct is easy. Make them be reintroduced to the wild is super demanding and challenging. Great job whoever does this may the hapinness be with you wherever you are
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It blows my mind to see just how massive these birds are. I'm roughly the same size as a lammergeier. Thank you so much for all that you do for these creatures.
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Fantastic work. Thank you for showing what you do.
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What a wonderful film , and what amazing work this team does.
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Wow ! Thank you all for your amazing effort ! <3
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Was... was he snore-squeaking at the beginning there? My heart!
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Aww such a cute little guy! Beardeds are incredible creatures.
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Nice background music i love it and I like taking care of bird like that.
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so amazing! i think they’re the most beautiful birds ❤️ and their baby chicks are so sweet. thanks to this organization for all that they do.
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WOW AMAZING,....YALL ARE TRULY AMAZING! THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF THESE GUYS!!!!,...REAL TALK..Thank you༂
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Great job!! I'm impressed with the dedication. Love you guys
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So amazing and wonderful
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Incredible thanks for this. Amazing 🤩 work
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I love vultures so much this is beautiful
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Awww. So precious. Wonderful little creature ❤️
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Those birds are just magnificent. Like if they’ve crawled straight out of an indie death metal album cover and adopted the grace of a swan. Beautiful creatures!
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They are beautiful
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Quite a meditative work!! Loved the effort! Keep continuing👍
