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| New York zoo livestreams as calf born to April the pregnant giraffe | |
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| A New York zoo’s livestream video of its pregnant giraffe showed her giving birth on Saturday. | |
| Adventure Park’s YouTube streaming of 15-year-old April the giraffe captured the big moment live. April delivered her calf in an enclosed pen at the zoo in Harpursville, a village about 130 miles north-west of New York City. | |
| At least 1.2 million people watched the YouTube stream on Saturday morning. Millions around the world have viewed it since it started in late February. April has her own website and even an apparel line. | |
| In February the zoo achieved momentary fame after YouTube abruptly cut the live stream when what the zoo called “animal rights extremists” alleged a violation of the website’s “nudity and sexual content” policy. | |
| The zoo’s owner, Jordan Patch, said the decision to pull the stream “pulled an educational tool away from tens of millions of individuals”. | |
| The calf born on Saturday is April’s fourth, but Animal Adventure Park’s first giraffe calf. The proud father is a five-year-old giraffe named Oliver. | |
| The calf, which was expected to weigh about 150lbs (68.04kg) and be about 6ft (1.83m) tall, will be named through a competition. |