Newborn giraffe dies at Nashville Zoo after mother accidentally steps on her - New York Post

Jan 18, 2021

“We are devastated over the loss of Nasha’s calf,” Rick Schwartz, the zoo’s president, said in a statement

We moved from fear of a stillborn to joy of revival to anguish,” said Schwartz

The zoo said in a blog post that an initial necropsy showed the calf suffered neck trauma

Additional testing will be done to check for any possible underlying causes of death, the zoo said

The zoo said staffers will comfort the first-time mother, who they say is doing well, in the days to come