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A giraffe feeding experience at a Texas wildlife center turned frightening last week when one of the animals hoisted a toddler from the bed of the pickup truck she was riding in. Video shared with NBC News by Jason Toten, the toddler's father, shows his daughter, wearing pigtails and a pink shirt, holding her hand out the back of a truck in an attempt to feed a giraffe on their tour.
In a statement, Warren Lewis, chief marketing officer for Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Glen Rose, said the center was notified Monday of an 'incident involving one of our giraffes' last weekend. Lewis said that nothing like the incident had happened before at Fossil Rim, but that it is taking 'immediate action to make sure it won’t happen again.' That includes a new rule barring visitors from riding through the park in truck beds.
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