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High-altitude mealtimes save giraffe's life

(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-11-28 15:46

Zookeepers at the Chongqing safari park are spending four to five hours a day feeding and medicating a giraffe with Bell's palsy a malfunction of the facial nerve that means it is unable to eat by itself.

The complicated operation involves zookeepers suspending themselves 5 metres above the ground inside the giraffe's cage to give the animal food and medicine.



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