A vulture raised by gay parents has been released into the wild as part of a conservation programme. Artis Amsterdam Royal Zoo set two birds free in Sardinia, a year after they were born in the Dutch capital.
One of the chicks was raised by two male vultures in a long-term relationship. The two birds hatched in Amsterdam in April and May 2017. One of them was raised from an egg by a male vulture couple. Zoo keeper Job van Tol last year described the pair as "a very tight couple".
"We have had them for some years. They always build a nest together, bond and mate together," he told the BBC.
When staff found an abandoned egg which the other vultures would not care for, they decided to give it to the male vultures. It was the zoo's first successful hatching in five years. Read more via BBC