[Carruthers]

I remember Victor the Giraffe who fell at Marwell Park Zoo, near Winchester, in 1977.

The poor chap tore a muscle and essentially did 'the splits'. They eventually lifted him but he died of a heart attack shortly after and the girl who looked after him was absolutely distraught.

I know that zoos do a lot of good work in wildlife preservation, but wild animals shouldn't really be kept in captivity.

Just my two penn'orth.