Watch: Team of 25 mends giraffe's hooves at UK zoo

Specialist vets were flown in from the USA for a "complex procedure" on a giraffe at a zoo in the UK.

Video showed Bashu, patriarch of Whipsnade Zoo's herd in Bedfordshire, under general anaesthetic during a hoof trimming operation that involved a team of 25.

The 4.8m-tall (16ft) animal had been struggling to walk due to overgrown hooves and was fitted with custom-made shoes.

Whipsnade veterinary manager Hannah Rowland said: "This was a hugely complex procedure with a lot of moving parts, and it's thanks to the collaboration of all the people there that we were able to do what was needed, swiftly and successfully."

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