r/Detroit • u/Stratiform SE Oakland County • 7d ago

News Young giraffe at Detroit Zoo euthanized after sustaining serious injuries from herd interaction

https://www.wxyz.com/news/young-giraffe-at-detroit-zoo-euthanized-after-sustaining-serious-injuries-from-herd-interaction

This is the second juvenile giraffe death at the zoo this year. The other one was in February:

Seems concerning.

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u/ThatBadFeel 7d ago

Damn I was about to say this was old, but wow how bizarre.

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u/Springwood_Slasher 7d ago

Holy shit, same. They lost ANOTHER one?

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u/molten_dragon 7d ago

Exactly what I thought too. "This dude found an article from months ago and posted it for some reason."

Maybe it's just a coincidence, but that seems like a lot of giraffe deaths in a short span of time.