A baby giraffe born with a leg abnormality has been fitted with special leg braces to help her walk.The giraffe is named Msituni.She was born on February 1 at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California.She suffers from a condition called carpal hypertension.It affected the young animal's front legs, which became hyperextended.Msituni weighed more than 55 kilograms at birth.The abnormality was putting a lot of pressure on her joints and bones.Zoo workers feared that she could die if they did not quickly correct the condition.This is because it could prevent the giraffe from getting food and from being able to walk around.Zoo officials called in experts to treat the giraffe.The experts were from the Hanger Clinic in Escondido, California.The medical team had a lot of experience fitting people with braces to correct leg problems.But the clinic had never treated an animal before.