Giraffe accidentally kills itself while trying to scratch an ITCH by getting head stuck in tree
Channel: Александр Юрьевич Чукланов
Date: 2018-04-18

Giraffe accidentally kills itself while trying to scratch an ITCH by getting head stuck in tree
WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Zoo staff in China applied chest compressions to the animal but it was pronounced dead by vets after getting severe neck injuries
A zoo giraffe tragically died after it accidentally got its head stuck in a tree while trying to scratch an ITCH.
The creature managed to trap its neck between the two branches - and while desperate zoo keepers tried to save the animal by chopping down the branch, sadly they were too late.
The 10-year-old male giraffe called Hairong had been living at the Kunming Zoo in China for five years.
But as he got into difficulty, zoo visitors watched on in horror with some even recording the attempted rescue.
Zoo staff used a ladder to reach Hairong's head but turned to sawing one of the branches off when they could not push the animal's neck out of the gap.
Video provided by a bystander showed the magnificent animal collapsing to the ground in its enclosure after one of the branches was removed and its neck was finally freed.
The animal also accidentally hits a zoo employee on the head while on the way down, the clip shows.
Employees at the Kunming Zoo performed chest compressions on Hairong and said the animal tried several times to stand up.
But tragically it was later pronounced dead by vets after having suffered a severe neck injury.
The zoo said Hairong often used the tree to scratch itches it could not reach. They believe he was attempting to do the same when he snagged his neck between the branches.
The incident is still being investigated.