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Giraffe electrocuted [1]

An 11-year-old male giraffe died after being electrocuted at Bagnan in Howrah yesterday. It was being transported to Nandankanan, in Orissa from Alipore Zoo. A senior zoo official said a low-bed trailer was used to ferry the giraffe. Zoo authorities received a call on Thursday night from Nandankanan saying that the animal was injured following an electric shock. Sundar was brought back to the city on Friday and it died in the zoo around 9.50 p.m. yesterday. The giraffe was buried after an autopsy. A probe has been ordered. SNS

Publication Date: 
26/05/2008
Statesman (Kolkata) [2]
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Animal Care [3], Zoos [4], Wildlife [5], Poaching [6], Calcutta (D) [7]
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