In a tender moment, a giraffe at a Dutch zoo leaned over the rails of the cage and gave their keeper Mario, dying of cancer, a farewell kiss, as he was wheeled into their enclosure on his hospital bed
Rotterdam: He cared for them all his working life, now giraffes at a Dutch zoo have bade a final farewell to their keeper dying of cancer. In a tender moment one even leaned over the rails of their cage and gave their keeper Mario a farewell kiss, as he was wheeled into their enclosure on his hospital bed.
The touching moment the giraffe leaned over the rail and kissed the terminally ill worker at a Dutch zoo
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The heartbreaking moment came at Rotterdam’s Diergaarde Blijdorp Zoo, in Holland after a charity made the 54-year-old’s last wish come true.
The maintenance worker’s request to see his beloved giraffes whose enclosure he cleaned out every day resulted in the unexpected touching moment when one of the animals gave him a last nuzzle and a final farewell kiss.
The goodbye trip was organised by Dutch charity Ambulance Wish Foundation, which helps terminally ill patients with mobility issues to fulfil their dying wishes. Founder Kees Veldboer, said: “These animals recognised him, and felt that things weren’t going well with him. It was a very special moment. You saw him beaming.”
Mario, who is also mentally disabled, then asked for a moment to say goodbye to his colleagues of the zoo, where he worked for 25 years. Kees said: “It was very nice that we were able to work on the last wish of this man.”
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