Heartbreaking moment a cancer-suffering zoo worker says goodbye to his friend

Knowing he hasn’t long left Mario, a mentally disabled cancer patient, had to say one last farewell to the giraffe he befriended working at a zoo in Rotterdam.

Heartbreaking moment a cancer-suffering zoo worker says goodbye to his friend

Knowing he hasn’t long left Mario, a mentally disabled cancer patient, had to say one last farewell to the giraffe he befriended working at a zoo in Rotterdam.

54-year-old Mario was the Diergaarde Blijdorp zoo’s maintenance man his entire life and became close to the animals while cleaning out their enclosures.

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