When a baby giraffe was born with an unusual joint problem in February, caretakers at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park got worried. And then they got creative. The keepers were concerned that baby ...

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Over the past three decades Ara Mirzaian has fitted braces for everyone from Paralympians to children with scoliosis. But Msituni was a patient like none other — a newborn giraffe.

SAN DIEGO — Over the past three decades Ara Mirzaian has fitted braces for everyone from Paralympians to children with scoliosis. But Msituni was a patient like none other — a newborn giraffe. The ...

May 13 (UPI) --The San Diego Zoo was able to help a 3-month-old giraffe calf named Msituni walk and stand using an orthotic leg brace treatment. The giraffe calf had a hyperextension of the carpi, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A John Ball Zoo flamingo is getting a leg up thanks to some extra support provided by a custom brace. Andes the flamingo suffered an injury this winter that made it hard ...

"We are so glad to have the resources and expertise to step in and provide this young calf the opportunity for a full life," Matt Kinney, a senior veterinarian at the California zoo, said A ...