Giraffe Cam

For a number of days I've been watching the giraffe cam at the Animal adventure Part in Harpursville, N Y.

April, a 15 year old giraffe is about to give birth to her 4th calf. Hundreds of thousands have been watching her since February, and the birth could happen at any time. The team of vets confirm the count down as started, but the actual birth could happen at any moment, any hour, and maybe, another day.

The calf will weigh around 150 pounds and will be 6 feet tall at birth. The front hooves will come first, followed by the snout. After the baby is born, there will be a contest to name it. April will raise it; the weaning will take place between 6-10 months, which is a documented range of captive weaning. The keepers will not rush the process, but after weaning, the calf will go to another facility to start a breeding program there. Retaining the offspring would lead to incestuous mating and would undermine the genetics of the program and species.

The keepers go into the pen ad clean it and give April treats. She likes romaine lettuce and carrots. They do not give Oliver, the father treats. He is 5 year old bull and the only things a bull likes to do is fight and mate. This will be his first calf. Giraffes eat an oat hay and specialized diet.

The team of vets are on stand by and will update the comments on the web came page as the day progresses. I'm going on about my day, but will check the cam often. I hope I'm lucky to see April birthing a new calf.


[Editor's Note: Link to Web Cam Removed]

We removed the link to the live cam feed because there is a possibility that the link may have been hijacked. We recommend you use safe web practices to find the live feed.

Without changes to the internet and increased privacy protections along with strong encryption and secured exchanges, anyone can be victimized by a hijacked link even if it looks OK or behaves OK for awhile.

April the Giraffe is extremely popular as many people watch and wait for the new calf to be born. This means the link is also of interest to "others" who may not be as interested in the giraffe as they are in your computer, mobile phone and bank accounts.

Reports of anomalies in connection may or may not be malicious but because we value your privacy, we are removing the link at this time.

KimB Editor