Her birth was broadcast to an online audience with more than a million viewers. The money raised will be used for giraffe conservation efforts, the charity Ava's Little Heroes and also go toward supporting the Animal Adventure Park where April the giraffe and her calf reside.
To date, April's live YouTube channel has received more than 232 million live views and racked up 7.6 billion minutes of live watch-time total.
The long-awaited offspring of internet sensation April the Giraffe is being described as strong and "very independent". But it turns out baby giraffe's births are about as unpredictable as some elections we may or may not still be reeling from - because although April was exhibiting signs of labor, it took a full two months more for her baby to hit the scene. Animal Adventure Park is a privately owned zoo in Harpursville about 130 miles (209 kilometers) northwest of New York City.
April's pregnancy was catapulted into global headlines in late February after YouTube briefly yanked the zoo's live stream following complaints by animal activists that it violated the site's policies concerning "nudity and sexual content".
"April has recovered perfectly and is eating everything in sight!" According to April's official Twitter account, the baby weighed 129 pounds and measured 5 feet, 9 inches. The proud papa is a 5-year-old giraffe named Oliver. You even get to decide your own spelling. After those 10 days the zoo will reveal the top 10 most popular entries, and then open up voting on those names for an additional five days. It is now closed and will open to the public in mid-May. A GoFundMe fundraiser page that initially set a goal of $50,000 sat at more than $125,000 on Saturday morning.
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Five things to know about April and her newborn.
Millions of people around the USA and the world flocked to their screens early Saturday morning when April the giraffe went into labor.
The 15-year-old giraffe delivered her calf shortly before 10 a.m. EDT in an enclosed pen at the zoo in rural Harpursville.
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