Giraffe named Kimba dies at Cincinnati Zoo
By Alaa Elassar, CNN
1 hour ago
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Cincinnati Zoo Kimba, the Cincinnati
Zoo's only male giraffe, died Sunday after complications from hoof
surgery.
Twelve-year-old
Kimba the giraffe died after complications from a procedure to fix
his hooves, the zoo said.
"Zoo
staff, and especially the giraffe care team, are devastated,"
Michelle Curley, spokeswoman for the Cincinnati Zoo, told CNN.
The
Zoo Volunteer Observer (ZVO) team was monitoring the giraffe barn
when they saw Kimba
fall to the ground after 1 a.m. Sunday.
Kimba
was dealing with mobility issues when he was given a hoof trim
Tuesday.
"Kimba
began intermittent bouts of lameness last summer, which we've been
managing with laser therapy and medications that mitigate
symptoms," said Cincinnati Zoo's curator of mammals Christina
Gorsuch in a
news release.
While
the procedure was successful, there were later complications.
Kimba,
the zoo's only male giraffe, stood over 16 feet tall and was the
father of six other giraffes, with a seventh on the way.
The
giraffe came
to the Cincinnati Zoo in 2018 from the Roger Williams Park Zoo in
Providence, Rhode Island, where one his calves lives now.
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