Photo: Katy Williams/Facebook
“It was amazing to see Katy wake up and to be able to talk to her and to reassure her that we are there for her,” Katy’s husband, 36-year-old Dr. Sam Williams, toldNBC News, according toToday. “I hope that in time [Finn] will also wake up so that we can all be reunited as a family.”
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Ona GoFundMe pageto cover medical expenses for Katy, and Finn, Katy’s father, Jack, wrote that it is unclear when the pair will be released from the hospital.
“Katy and Finn were about a (sic) 150 yards from their home in South Africa, when they came to a opening in the trees, they saw a group of giraffes,” Jack wrote on the page. “A large female charged them and started beating them with its hooves.”
Sam spotted the two and scared the giraffe away, according toToday.
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The giraffe was likely attempting to protect her young calf, viewing Katy and Finn as a threat. They were airlifted to a hospital in critical condition.
“I can ensure you that Katy would never have deliberately put herself or Finn in danger,” Jack said, according toToday. “We hold no judgement against the giraffe. This is just the way nature is and we accept that.”
The giraffe has been moved to another preservation with her calf,Todayreported.
On the GoFundMe page, the relative noted that Katy and Finn suffered “massive” injuries to their head and limbs. Katy, a wildlife biologist from Baltimore, underwent surgery and Finn underwent a procedure to release pressure in her brain, according toToday.
source: people.com
