South Africa's animal rights body is probing the death of a giraffe that was reportedly injured as it was being transported on a motorway.
Eyewitnesses say the giraffe, one of two on a truck, hit its head on a bridge on Johannesburg's N1 motorway.
The vehicle then broke down and had to wait several hours to be repaired.
Both animals were then taken to a vet, but the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal (NSPCA) said one died on arrival.
The incident has created a stir on the social networking site Twitter.
Thinus Botha tweeted that he had been driving behind the truck when the animal struck its head on Garsfontein Bridge.
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