Giraffe Emergency Treatment

RACE TO SAVE SNARED GIRAFFE IN DRAMATIC WILDLIFE RESCUE
WITH PIX AND VID
By Shuk Yee Tsang
Checkout this dramatic footage as wildlife vets carried out an emergency rescue operation to treat a giraffe badly injured by a snare trap.
The dramatic intervention was carried out by the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, a conservation organisation dedicated to protecting wildlife and habitats across East Africa, worked alongside the Kenya Wildlife Service in Kenya to help this Giraffe.
The giraffe was found in Tsavo with a long-standing wire snare that had cut deep into the muscular tissue of their leg.
In the video, vets carefully remove the embedded snare before cleaning and treating the wound.
Sheldrick Wildlife Trust explains that treating a giraffe can be particularly challenging due to their size and the position of injuries.
After removing the wire, the team cleaned the wound and removed maggots before applying disinfectant and administering antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medication.
The team believes the giraffe should recover well and could be walking normally again within one to two weeks.
The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has spent nearly five decades carrying out wildlife rescues and conservation work across Kenya.
One vet explained: “It was a long-standing snare that had burrowed deep into the muscular tissue, and it was so difficult to pull it out, so it took us quite a while.
“It’s very difficult handling a giraffe with a snare, especially if the snare is in the extremities, maybe the front leg or the hind leg.
“Once the snare is removed, we clean the wound, remove the debris and put some disinfectant, and of course give antibiotics and anti-inflammatories.
"I believe in the next few days, I’ll say 1 or 2 weeks. This giraffe should be well and will be walking very well. "
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