Giraffe smashes car windshield while being fed by family on self-guiding driving tour of wildlife farm in Texas

A Texas household touring an interactive wildlife exhibit yesterday had their automotive windscreen smashed by a giraffe as they tried to feed the animal. 

Kari Hill determined to go to the Fossil Rim Wildlife Middle in Glen Rose along with her teenage sons and one-year-old granddaughter when a giraffe walked over to their automotive, hoping to be fed by the household. 

All was going properly and Hill took a photograph to recollect the second however all of the sudden, the giraffe appeared to lose its footing and fell onto the windshield of their Kia Sorrento. 

The long-legged animal panicked and commenced to wave round his limbs, crushing the automotive’s windshield within the course of.

Neither the household nor the animal sustained any accidents.  

Kari Hill determined to go to the Fossil Rim Wildlife Middle in Glen Rose along with her teenage sons and one-year-old granddaughter when a giraffe walked over to their automotive, hoping to be fed by the household

All was going properly and Hill took a photograph to recollect the second however all of the sudden, the giraffe appeared to lose its footing and fell onto the windshield of their Kia Sorrento.

The long-legged animal panicked and commenced to wave round his limbs, crushing the automotive’s windshield within the course of

‘My automotive needed to be towed, and I needed to file and insurance coverage declare.[It was] such a fast, freak accident. [I’m] glad it wasn’t worse. Automobiles may be changed. Folks cannot,’ Hill stated

Hill advised WFAA: ‘We had been stopped on the giraffe space when a giraffe got here and caught his head within the sunroof. We had been stopped on the giraffe space when a giraffe got here and caught his head within the sunroof. 

‘[The windshield] began caving in whereas he was flailing, attempting to get his footing again. 

‘We had been coated in glass, and I assumed it was about to show very unhealthy, however then the giraffe regained his footing and took off.

‘We pulled off, and I made positive the children obtained all of the glass off of them and put everybody within the backseat whereas I known as the parks emergency hotline to escort us out of there. 

‘My automotive needed to be towed, and I needed to file and insurance coverage declare.[It was] such a fast, freak accident. [I’m] glad it wasn’t worse. Automobiles may be changed. Folks cannot.’

The Fossil Rim Wildlife Middle’s web site states that whereas company can intently watch animals comparable to cheetahs, emus, bongos and rhinos, they’ll solely hand-feed the giraffes. 

The Fossil Rim Wildlife Middle’s web site states that whereas company can intently watch animals comparable to cheetahs, emus, bongos and rhinos, they’ll solely hand-feed the giraffes

The web site additionally advises guests to not seize or restrain the animals and to keep away from leaning out of the window if they arrive near any

Different animals may be fed by tossing pellets, supplied freed from cost by the park workers. 

The web site additionally advises guests to not seize or restrain the animals and to keep away from leaning out of the window if they arrive near any. 

Fossil Rim coverage states that each one company should conform to a legal responsibility waiver after they buy tickets.

It reads: ‘Fossil Rim Wildlife Middle assumes no legal responsibility for damages to automobiles, individuals, or property because of any interactions with the animals and amenities.’