Xtend’s drone drops food to an orphaned vulture chick in Israel. Photo courtesy of Israel Raptor Nest CamAn endangered vulture chick stranded on a cliff ledge in the Judean desert became the unlikely poster child for the Israeli drone industry.
Griffon vultures are monogamous and increasingly rare. Hundreds of pairs could be found in the skies over Israel until the 1950s. Today, fewer than 60 pairs remain.
So, when a chick was born in February to the happy pair K74 (female) andT49 (male), conservationists were overjoyed.
