Zoo Miami announces youthful giraffe died from broken neck

Zoo Miami announces youthful giraffe died from broken neck


MIAMI — Zoo Miami declared that a younger feminine giraffe was discovered lifeless early Saturday early morning.

The Zoo Miami Health and fitness Facility performed a necropsy and confirmed the giraffe died from breaking its neck. 

The younger female giraffe was born on December 15th.

Officers imagine that a little something startled the giraffe triggering it to run into a fence. 

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Zoo Miami claims none of their other giraffes show indications of trauma and that they continue to carefully keep an eye on their animals. 

“This has been a devastating decline, and all techniques are staying diligently evaluated to assistance make certain the prevention of any identical incidents in the upcoming,”  Zoo Miami wrote in a statement. 



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