{
  "id": 19576776,
  "title": "Chester Zoo Used a Rubber Glove and a Foster Mother to Save Rare Malayan Peacock-Pheasant Chicks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/chester-zoo-used-a-rubber-glove-and-a-foster-mother-to-save-rare",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-12T00:02:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Discover Magazine",
    "slug": "discover-magazine",
    "url": "https://www.discovermagazine.com/chester-zoo-used-a-rubber-glove-and-a-foster-mother-to-save-rare-malayan-peacock-pheasant-chicks-49932"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}