LAHORE – A bull giraffe, who was procured by the Lahore zoo in 2018, succumbed to some blood-related illness at Lahore zoo on Friday.
Reports in local media claimed that the tallest living terrestrial animal was sick for some months which also disturbed its eating habit.
Punjab Wildlife headquarters Deputy Director told a news outlet that the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) vets were also called for regular check-ups.
The Wildlife official hinted that the 10-year-old African mammal had some blood-related infection while the actual cause of death would be known after the post-mortem report.
Following the mysterious death of the bull giraffe, the zoo administration will now make arrangements for the pairing of the cow giraffe left behind at the zoo.
The animal was brought to Lahore zoo along with two others while a female giraffe died days after its arrival from South Africa.
The incident is not the first one as earlier a giraffe had died at the Lahore Zoo in 2015. Since 2007, the Lahore Zoo, which is thought to be the third or fourth oldest zoo in the world, has imported six giraffes and five of them died prematurely due to different reasons.
The average age of the tallest living mammal is 2.5 decades while it lives longer in captivity, experts said.
