A necropsy of a giraffe was performed in suburban Tel Aviv in January 2002 by a team of rabbis and investigators from a variety of disciplines. We will discuss the implications of the findings as they relate to: the kashrut status of the giraffe, the laws pertaining to its ritual slaughter (shehitah), and the required examination for lesions that may render it unfit for consumption (tereifah). We will briefly review the anatomical characteristics that the halakhah requires for an animal