I watched the video over and over again. It really looks like the baby giraffe’s leg was already broken before the lions attacked it. That is also why he was so unsteady on his feet, why he didn’t run and why he went down so easily. Also the giraffe seemed very weak from the very beginning. Probably from dragging that leg around for a while. If that was the case, and it was not broken by the lions earlier before the camera started rolling, then the lions did the baby giraffe a favor.
He never would have survived with a broken leg like that. That was tough to watch. Poor thing. I hope they killed him quickly. At least he didn’t suffer longer dragging that leg around. Other animals would have gotten him later or he would have died from infection. Poor thing. The jungle can be cruel.
Like thousands of other people, I’ve been checking in on April the giraffe from time to time. Those that are critical of zoos for keeping animals in captivity need to watch videos like this. Predators in the wild are brutal. April is well fed and cared for and nothing like this will ever happen to her calf.
Oh Nadav.This is one of the saddest clips I’ve seen.That poor calf must have taken ages to finally succumb despite her mother’s extraordinary attempts to save her:she must have been dragged all the way to the side of the road before they kept attacking,and the poor thing didn’t stand a chance.
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