The calf was born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park with an unusual disorder that caused her front limb to bend the wrong way.
But this was a definite learning curve for all, including Matt Kinney, a senior veterinarian for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance in charge of Msituni’s case.
And given that she weighed more than 100 pounds at birth, the abnormality was already taking its toll on her joints and bones. Using cast moldings of the giraffe’s legs, it took eight days to make the carbon-graphite braces that featured the animal’s distinct pattern of crooked spots to match her fur.
When they put her under to fit the custom brace, Mirzaian was so moved by the animal’s beauty, he gave her a hug.
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