{"id":270658,"date":"2025-11-19T00:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T00:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/270658\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T00:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T00:33:09","slug":"woburn-safari-park-giraffes-high-risk-knee-surgery-is-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/270658\/","title":{"rendered":"Woburn Safari Park giraffe&#8217;s high-risk knee surgery is a success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The operation posed a significant challenge due to the large mammal&#8217;s unique anatomy making anaesthesia unpredictable, the zoo said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lying down for extended periods of time can also compromise the animal&#8217;s blood circulation and cause life-threatening complications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">To minimise risk during the surgery, the veterinary team prepared a deep hay bed and supported Sahara&#8217;s neck with a wooden board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They also used blindfolds and earplugs to reduce stress, while keepers massaged her neck throughout the procedure to maintain circulation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The specialist team included vets, an equine surgeon and an anaesthetist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The operation posed a significant challenge due to the large mammal&#8217;s unique anatomy making anaesthesia unpredictable, the zoo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-270658","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-unitedkingdom","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}