Happy baby news: gay vulture couple has become parents
24 April 2025
At Artis Zoo in Amsterdam, a pair of male vultures has successfully hatched an egg, making them the proud parents of a vulture chick. Zookeepers decided to move the egg from a heterosexual vulture couple that was not taking care of it to the same-sex pair, who have been together since 2018.
 | Julianne van Pelt Because vultures are monogamous and share parenting responsibilities, the chick is in good hands with its devoted dads. Same-sex behaviour is not unusual in the animal kingdom: homosexuality has been observed in more than 1,500 species of birds and mammals. Artis Zoo has also had a same-sex penguin couple for years now. |
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