At a nature center in the midwest, we have an immature Turkey Vulture that is unreleaseable due to a wing injury. They have been trying to find a permanant...
Hi Kris, If you wish, I can post your request on the rehab lists and see if any permitted organization in your area is in need of a vulture. If you give...
Lakeside Nature Center, a wildlife rehabilitation and education facility in Kansas City, Missouri, is currently looking for a permanent home for an immature,...
I am a volunteer at a wildlife center in Pgh, PA. We have an unreleasable Turkey Vulture who lives at the center as an education animal, Sid. He came in as a...
It is wonderful that you want to use a vulture to educated the public. They are so misunderstood. I have never used a vulture for education but have seen them...
Mattie Libre
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Jan 26, 2005 6:03 pm
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In a message dated 1/26/05 1:15:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, mattielibre@... writes: Letting people touch the vulture or any other wild captive animal,...
Thank you for the additional information. I forgot to mention this in my email. ... From: BirdsofPrey1@... To: NewWorldVultureKeepers@yahoogroups.com ...
Mattie Libre
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Jan 27, 2005 12:29 am
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Oh good lord. I know people can't touch the vulture! I mean having him let his handlers touch him. With gloves of course. SUsan -----Original Message-----...
Susan
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Jan 28, 2005 1:44 pm
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Well, my first post turned out to be a disaster. Of course I did not mean to have the public touching the vulture. I have been a volunteer at a fully...
Hi Kris, Vultures are extremely intelligent so they are trainable...BUT...they are extremely stubborn and very slow to trust. You've done well so far in that...
Great advice Peggy! I've only been working with a captive TV for about a year and a half, but here are a few things I've picked up. Please comment if anyone...
I would suggest contacting the condor people. I believe the Kern River Preserve can get you in touch with them. They, I believe, never let "their" birds ever...
I have trained many vultures and other raptors through positive reinforcement. I am also a falconer. Which training a vulture is the same technique as a ...
Message Our animal patients that are to be released do not spend time with people. We keep their cages covered. but Sid has a wing that did not heal correctly....
Susan
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Feb 14, 2005 2:01 pm
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Yes, though I think the condor folks might well be useful. Also, try Ramona VanRiper, President of the Turkey Vulture Society. She has considerable experience...
Separating them is the best idea and working with them on an individual bases daily would be great. It could take as much as 3 to 6 months to have an adult...
Hi guys, Thanks for all of your help so far. Right now we arent really worried about educational purposes, but more of them getting over their distrust of us....
Oh there was one more thing. Do you guys have any good ideas for enrichment? Right now we have shoes, rawhide and leather toys, etc. And how many sessions do...
I've trained several adult, permanently injured TVs and truth of the matter is...you are not going to get them to trust you as long as they are together. Even...
Hello! As requested, I'll put in a word on this subject. It is, unfortunately, true that at this stage in the vultures' life, you will be most successful in...
On the subject of enrichment activities: -Colorful balls of all sizes (larger than the beak, to ensure that they aren't accidentally swallowed) -Plastic...
Hi Everyone, I'm brand new to this list, and I know no one knows me, and I don't know anyone else... I have limited experience in training TV's, but my...
... Wow-that is a great story. What touched me the most-was the fact that you said 'honored'. Thats how I feel everytime. My name is Connie-and I have been...
Thank you for sharing! Very good. I have never rehabbed a bird of any kind, though I am totally enraptured with TVs. Richard Bruns Graphic Designer Community...
Thanks to everyone who responded to my question about TV training. Jill, the director at my center has started implementing some of the suggestions already. I...
Hi -- I hope you will keep us posted on progress. Good luck. Richard Bruns Graphic Designer Community Relations Office EXT: 3119; Outside: 707-253-3119 ... ...
Great stories, and thanks to the TV Society for hosting this board! I had worked with raptors for a number of years, but never a TV, until we got ours a little...
Oh... boy.... Jeff - you've certainly hit a chord here... I have two educational TV's and have had some "issues" with travel boxes with both. My first TV...
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