“Pongo”, a giraffe made by the tallest man of the month figured among the principal attractions of the Miami Zoology (EE.UU.), received the euthanasia this month breaking fractures and aggravating the hereditary lie, informs the Zoological of Miami.
“With great sadness, the officials of the Miami Zoology claimed that it was taking the difficult decision to victimize ‘Pongo’, a giraffe made of 12 years of age and 16 pies (4.87 meters) high”, informo the park of the south of Florida in a communiqué.
Last September, a multidisciplinary team of more than 24 people moved to “Pongo”, in which 2,000 pounds of weight (907 kilograms), with broken bones, to cut one of the rubber bands in the middle and radiographed tomography. of “extreme reto”.
On the contrary, “the immobilization of the exits and the team of colocarle to the animal zapatos personalized that Parisian will alleviate the pain”.
Initially, these prostheses allow the giraffe to move normally; but, various weeks after the intervention, the zapatos are separated and, at some point, they will be injured.
“Pongo”, which was born in February 2009 at the Denver Zoo (Colorado) in Miami in November of the same year, was moved by new ones this month to continue its treatment with anesthesia, but began practicing euthanasia the severity of the fracture that will reveal the radiographs.
Adult giraffes are one of the most difficult animals to anesthetize due to their large size and height, and “death, as a result of not being able to recover from anesthesia, is a serious risk”, the zoologist signaled before moving in early September.
“Lamentably, the radiographs have revealed that in the last few weeks they have been fractured in the same way that the Animal Health (Salud Animal) team was allowed to deal with the exit”, which is why the “painful decision” victimization is still anesthesia, the zoologist said.
Since its release, “Pongo” has been converted “into the favorite of innumerable invitations to place the food placeholder in our Samburu giraffe feeding station. All the things that you need to know the placeholder and the privilege of working with him or her. terriblemente “, writes the Miami Zoo.