Giraffe found to have consumed 20kg of plastic
Updated at 6:28 am on 4 March 2012
A male giraffe that died in an Indonesian zoo had 20kg of plastic in its stomach.
Kliwon, 30, was the last remaining giraffe at Surabaya Zoo, where he was born. He had lived alone in a pen for 13 years.
The giraffe was also found to be infected with TB.
A official says seven zoo staff of around 180 had TB, so it's possible one of them transmitted it to the giraffe.
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