"The Toronto Zoo says a 13-year-old giraffe has died after getting caught in an opening door to his behind-the-scenes habitat. A post on the zoo's Facebook page says Kiko, the male Masai giraffe, was being given access to an additional area of his habitat on Thursday when he began exploring the space and became caught. The zoo says staff immediately responded, but Kiko panicked and sustained injuries that, due to the unique anatomy of his species, proved fatal."
"The statement says Masai giraffes have delicate heads and a six-foot neck "capable of moving forward, backward, up, down, and side-to-side, allowing their head position to shift quickly." The giraffe's body has been sent to the University of Guelph for a full postmortem, and the zoo says its health and safety services team is investigating. It says the number of Masai giraffes have dropped to just over 43,000 and in 2018 they were listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature."
Kiko, a 13-year-old male Masai giraffe at the Toronto Zoo, died after becoming trapped in an opening door to a behind-the-scenes habitat while being given access to an additional area. Staff immediately responded, but Kiko panicked and sustained injuries that proved fatal due to the species' fragile anatomy. Masai giraffes have delicate heads and a six-foot neck capable of moving forward, backward, up, down, and side-to-side. The giraffe's body was sent to the University of Guelph for a full postmortem and the zoo's health and safety services team is investigating. Masai giraffe numbers have dropped to just over 43,000 and were listed as endangered in 2018 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The zoo pledged to share investigation findings and to learn from the incident to prevent future occurrences.
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