Giraffe Capture.In the image to your right there are four Sondela students including myself. Infront of us is a stillborn giraffe calf that caused the female some distress.
After catching her, and darting her with a tranqulizer we got her to lie down and had to get a few students to hold her head steady. Luckily the Vet was there to help, he bravely stuck his hand inside of the female to help guide the little one out. If you zoom into the picture you'll see the eye of the young calf is white and milky in colour which is a sign that he has been dead for over eight hours- luckily we found the female before any damage was done.
Afterwards we gave the Giraffe female her shots to protect her from any infection. The baby nicknamed "Happy face" was quickly taken to the vulture resturant.
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