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Cause of Death for Giraffe at Montgomery Zoo Identified

An autopsy shows that a giraffe which died at the Montgomery Zoo had a knotted rope inside its intestines. A post-mortem report shows the rope led to an intestinal blockage, and that resulted in aspiration pneumonia which killed the animal. A 12-year-old male giraffe named Willie was found dead at the zoo in December. It didn’t have a history of…