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April with her baby in March in Harpursville, N.Y. She is retiring from breeding after a fascinating audience on the Internet with two pregnancies and live births.
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April with her baby in March in Harpursville, N.Y. She is retiring from breeding after a fascinating audience on the Internet with two pregnancies and live births.
Animal adventure park via AP
What is tall, spotted and on the pill? April the giraffe.
An Animal Adventure Park official in Harpursville, NY, announced that in April, the giraffe, which has achieved Internet celebrity, will start contraception Friday and will no longer be part of the park's breeding program. The 17-year-old mother of five will now enter the care of the elderly.
"She will continue to be a star of education and conservation initiatives," said Jordan Patch, the park's owner.
The two births last April and videos of the park's "Giraffe Cam" were viewed together hundreds of millions of times. According to YouTube statistics, April videos have been viewed 272 million times since February 2017.
Giraffes' gestation periods can last about 15 months. April watchers were interested in the park's YouTube channel for several months before the birth of his fifth calf in March.
He has been called by the BBC "the most anticipated since Prince George appeared in 2013".
On March 16, April's youngest son, Azizi, entered the world and weighed 139 pounds. He was 5 feet and 11 inches tall.
Patch said the park's giraffe breeding program will continue. The park wardens will replace April with another woman, Johari, who will be paired with Oliver, his former male mate.
Due to her mature age, April will be in the same area as two of her calves, Tajiri and Azizi.
"It's time for April to retire," said Patch.
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