The red-headed vulture at Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo is the first to be bred in Asia and only the second in the world. - Reuters
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand, April 25 (Reuters): Four times a day, Thai conservationist Watchiradol Phangpanya puts on a black, long-sleeved shirt, red gloves, and a red balaclava, hoping to imitate an endangered red-headed vulture feeding its baby.
The pinkish chick, covered in white fuzz that will turn into black feathers as it grows, is the first red-headed, or Asian king vulture, to be bred in Asia and only the second in the world.
