The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo lost one of its gentle giants over the weekend. The zoo’s 15-year-old male giraffe, Mashama, died “somewhat unexpectedly” around 1 a.m. on Sunday, according to a news release ...

Netherlands --A giraffe kissed a dying zoo worker goodbye in a heartbreaking moment that has gone viral. Mario Eijs, 54, had spent 25 years cleaning the animal's enclosure and doing odd jobs at a ...

(CBS NEWS)--A giraffe might have paid tribute to a dying zoo employee with a nuzzle that was captured on camera Wednesday and has now gone viral. The Dutch Ambulance Wish Foundation charity released a ...

AMSTERDAM (AP) — A giraffe gave a lick to a dying man who asked as a last wish to be taken to Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam, Netherlands, where he had done odd jobs for 25 years. Mario Eijs, who is ...

(CNN) -- Just a forewarning: You're about to cry all over your keyboard. We did when we saw the photo above, which shows a giraffe nuzzling a man through an enclosure window. The man, Mario (patient ...

The bond between animals and people is a special thing, but it is not limited to those that live in our homes. According to the Huffington Post, a dying worker at a zoo in the Netherlands was taken ...

Through an organization that transports terminally-ill patients to carry out their last wish, he was able to say goodbye to the animals he cared for. The 54-year-old man named Mario was taken to the ...