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A baby has tragically died after she was trampled on by a raging giraffe during an attack which has left her mum fighting for her life.
The pair were targeted by the towering animal as they visited a safari park near Durban, South Africa, yesterday (Wednesday, October 19).
The baby sadly passed away at the mere age of one following the attack.
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Police spokeswoman Nqobile Gwala told AFP the incident happened at around 2pm GMT in Kuleni Game Park.
She said the girl was taken to a nearby doctor's practice before she passed away, while the mother, aged 25, remained in a critical condition after being rushed to hospital.
Police have since launched an investigation into the baby's death, reports the Mirror.
Giraffe attacks on humans are rare, with the plant-eating animal only usually turning violent when it feels threatened.
Back in 2018, a British scientist's three-year-old son needed life-saving brain surgery after he and his wildlife biologist mother Dr Katy Williams, 35, were attacked by a giraffe in a wildlife reserve.
The youngster spent 13 days in a medically-induced coma as both were treated for "life-changing" injuries at a hospital in South Africa.
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Over the last 30 years, the numbers of giraffes in the wild have plummeted by 40%.
Hunting, trading in their body parts and the loss of their natural habitat has led to the decline of the African giraffe population, with the Nubian giraffe falling by a staggering 97%.
They are classed as "threatened" under the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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