Lucknow Zoo giraffe seriously injured during her transit to Mysore

A giraffe was seriously injured here when officials of Lucknow Zoo tried to shift her to Mysore Zoo.

Lucknow, Aug 15 : A giraffe was seriously injured here when officials of Lucknow Zoo tried to shift her to Mysore Zoo.

A female giraffe named Khushi was being sent to Mysore zoo from Lucknow zoo in an exchange programme on Tuesday. Khushi got seriously injured while being put in a crate used for transit.

The blame game has begun with Lucknow Zoo officials stating that crate brought by Mysore Zoo officials, was too small for transfer of the animal.

"The transportation which we had used for the giraffe had enough space for the giraffe to move around. The crate was at least twice the size of the crate which you can see right now. There was proper cushioning on the floor as well as on the wall of the crate," said Eva Sharma, Director of Lucknow Zoo.

On the other hand the Mysore zoo officials said that the bigger crate was more harmful as it gave the animal "more space to kick" and get injured.

"If you have more area for animal it will try to kick. Now we have given it enough room to sleep, rest and move around," said R. Nanjappa, deputy director of Mysore Zoo.

The crate had been kept in giraffe's enclosure for the past four days, before it could be used to shift her to Mysore Zoo.

ANI