Texas Fauna Project

Attwater’s Prairie Chicken

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Hannah Bailey worked at the Houston Zoo for over two decades, ending as Curator of Birds and Animal Records. During her career there, she worked with bird care, incubation, nutrition, hand-rearing, exhibits, records and more. She was also heavily involved in the captive breeding of the Attwater's prairie chicken, and here explains the lasting value of the program, for the bird itself as well as grouse recovery, prairie conservation, and environmental education in general.