By Rachael Risby Raz | International Relations Manager
At the end of the 2019, the Zoo's Avian Department conducted annual tests in the Birds of Prey Aviary in preparation for the breeding season.
Tests included vaccinations, weighing and measurements and the taking of blood samples and involved the assistance of the entire avian and veterinary teams.
The good news is that already the National Center for Raptor Egg Incubation at the Zoo has already nine Griffon Vulture eggs in its incubators with the first one expected to hatch in March.
Established in 1998, the Center aims to increase breeding capabilities by ensuring optimal results. During the nesting season, eggs are collected from our Birds of Prey Aviary and from other breeding centers for incubation.
Hatched chicks are reared by foster parent pairs at the Zoo’s Birds of Prey Exhibit and at other facilities or hand-reared (using a vulture-like puppet to prevent imprinting) until fledging age, at which time they are moved to acclimatization enclosures at the Israel Nature and Parks Authority's Hai Bar Carmel Nature Reserve in the north and, subsequently, released to the wild.
Stay healthy!
Rachael and the Avian Team
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