A crippling metal ring is removed from a giraffe's leg!

Between animal poaching and accidents like this, animal protection operators in Africa always have a great deal to do. 

In this case, the veterinarians at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy were summoned to intervene and help a giraffe that had a large metal ring accidentally trapped around its hoof and ankle.

Cutting off the crippling metal ring and completing the operation with the large animal resisting by kicking and trying to escape, was not easy at all for the veterinarians or their helpers, and certainly not risk-free!