Chester Zoo Used a Rubber Glove and a Foster Mother to Save Rare Malayan Peacock-Pheasant Chicks
Learn how Chester Zoo keepers helped two endangered Malay peacock-pheasant chicks survive, enlisting a foster mother from another species for one and warming the other until it could return to its nest.
Chester Zoo staff utilized a rubber glove and a foster mother from another species to rescue newborn Malayan peacock-pheasant chicks. Lead bird keeper Leanne Lowton turned the glove into a makeshift incubator, providing warmth and sustenance for a chick whose mother abandoned the nest prematurely. The glove chick is one of just two surviving Malayan peacock-pheasants in European zoos, with only 15 birds remaining in the entire continent according to the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria.
The other chick was raised by a foster mother from a different species, ensuring both chicks are healthy and thriving.
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