One of the two female Giraff's residing in Dehiwala Zoo has died unfortunately on last Thursday(07)'due to an attempt made by the veterinary surgeons to treat her leg wound under Anesthesia it has been reported.
The deceased female Giraffe who was 30 years old got a large wound on one of her legs since sometime back and lied on the ground most of the times as she couldn't walk properly according to the Zoo officials .
When the Veterinary surgeons had attempted to treat the wound under Anesthesia by giving the female Giraffe an Antibiotic drug surgeons unable to revive her after the surgery and as a result she has pronounced as dead according to reports.
An independent inquiry is currently underway regarding the death of the female Giraffe according to the deputy director of the Dehiwala Zoo Dinushika Manawadu.The postmortem of the female Giraffe had been conducted by the Veterinary surgeons of the Widelife Conservation department and the Faculty of Animal sciences in Peradeniya University.
The deceased Giraffe was born in 1993 and named as "Haley"according to the Zoo officials .