visakhapatnam a 10yearold female giraffe named may died due to poor health at the indira gandhi zoological park in visakhapatnam on wednesdaythe giraffe was brought from malaysias negara zoo in 2013 when it was only fourmonthold generally the average lifespan of a giraffe is around 2025 yearsthe cause of death is due to chronic metritis and pneumonia according to the postmortem report submitted by the veterinary assistant surgeon of the zoo the animal was under continuous treatment for over the past three months and the zoo authorities have made every possible effort to treat the animal by consulting various wildlife experts from other zoos but unfortunately the animal was losing its body condition for the past two to three weeksthe zoo authorities said that the giraffe was an important animal to the vizag zoo and its visitors