S. Africa: Giraffe dies after head hits highway overpass (For Real!)

[Assassin]

Well that happened. How dumb do you have to be to transport two giraffes under a high way passover? All I could think of was the scene from Hangover III? Anyone remembers? Jokes aside this is really awful.

 

 

 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Those responsible for the death of a giraffe whose head struck a South African highway overpass while it was being transported in a truck will likely be prosecuted under animal protection laws, an official said Friday.

The accident on a highway between Pretoria and Johannesburg on Thursday was very unsettling because it could easily have been avoided, said Rick Allan, an animal welfare officer.

"It's just so unnecessary," said Allan, head of the Pretoria area branch of Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The group's members were able to respond quickly to the giraffe accident because they were already out on the highway attending to a separate case of cattle stranded because of a truck breakdown, he said.

                    Prior to the giraffe accident, startled motorists took photographs of the truck, which was carrying two giraffes whose long necks were visible above the sides of the vehicle. The surviving giraffe was taken to a wildlife clinic.

 

Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/01/south-africa-giraffes-head-hits-highway-overpass/13452203/

 

 

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Cant they just put it down and trainsport it on a long trailer? Or wrap its neck around its body like when they lie down.

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poor giraffes