Had the chance to go and to giraffe capture on Sondela as this was the first time i was going to do it ,it was realle exiting and it is also a new chance to learn a lot of new things by doing this capture .
the main reason that we wanted to do this capture is just to help the giraffe as he had a concrete block around his one foot .so we had to let VETS dart him out of a helicopter while we were on the ground waiting for him to run in our direction .our job then was to get him down with rope by letting him run into the rope and then moving it around his legs so that he can fall down and that it is easier for us to work with him .
we had to break the concrete circle by hitting it with a hammer and a chistle .we were holding the giraffe down by keeping his head and neck on the ground and then every now and then there will be people that will cool him off by throwing water over him this is just to prevent them from over heating .
it was a good experience and a lot was learnt in the process
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