Baby Giraffe Rope-Pulled Out of Mother Suffering from Dystocia without Proper Restraint Device
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Yong, Hwan-Yul
(Seoul Zoo)
Park, Suk-Hyun (Seoul Zoo) Choi, Myoung-Keun (Seoul Zoo) Jung, So-Young (Seoul Zoo) Ku, Dae-Chang (Seoul Zoo) Yoo, Jong-Tae (Seoul Zoo) Yoo, Mi-Jin (Seoul Zoo) Yoo, Mi-Hyun (Seoul Zoo) Eo, Kyung-Yeon (Seoul Zoo) Yeo, Yong-Gu (Seoul Zoo) Kang, Shin-Keun (Seoul Zoo) Kim, Heon-Youl (Seoul Zoo) |
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