--- title: April the Giraffe Live Stream: Watch Birth description: America's favorite giraffe could be giving birth to a bundle of joy this weekend, according to her zoo. canonical: https://time.com/4720587/april-giraffe-giving-birth/ author: Catherine Trautwein article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-31T14:51:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T10:05:34.000Z og:title: April the Giraffe Is Giving Birth to a Spotted Bundle of Joy og:description: And you can watch it live here og:url: https://time.com/4720587/april-giraffe-giving-birth/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: April the Giraffe Is Giving Birth to a Spotted Bundle of Joy twitter:description: And you can watch it live here twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # April the Giraffe Is Expected to Give Birth to a Spotted Bundle of Joy and You Can Watch It Live Here ## Video: The Giraffe Is Now Vulnerable to Extinction Following Population Decline [Watch (HLS stream): The Giraffe Is Now Vulnerable to Extinction Following Population Decline](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/OcOQW5yU.m3u8) (0:43)  _Published 2016-12-08. "These majestic animals are undergoing a silent extinction"_ by [Catherine Trautwein](https://time.com/author/catherine-trautwein/) ## Catherine Trautwein Updated: Dec 13, 2023 10:05 AM UTCPublished: Mar 31, 2017 2:51 PM UTC by [Catherine Trautwein](https://time.com/author/catherine-trautwein/) ## Catherine Trautwein Updated: Dec 13, 2023 10:05 AM UTCPublished: Mar 31, 2017 2:51 PM UTC America’s favorite [giraffe](http://time.com/4485705/giraffes-species-study/), April, is about to become a new mom, according to a [Facebook post](https://www.facebook.com/AnimalAdventurePark/photos/a.248725055230381.37912.246833958752824/959049264197953/?type=3&theater) from the New York state zoo where she lives. April lives at Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York. [April](http://time.com/4681702/youtube-suspends-giraffe-birth-feed/) will have plenty of company in her delivery room as staff and a doctor are onsite, the zoo said when April was initially believed to give birth in March. The newest addition to April’s family, which according to a local [Fox](http://fox61.com/2017/03/31/watch-live-zoo-says-april-the-giraffe-may-give-birth-soon/) affiliate already includes three calves, will be a welcome one. [Giraffes](http://time.com/4594882/giraffe-extinction-threat-africa/) are categorized as “vulnerable to extinction” on the IUCN Red List, and their number has decreased by about 40% in the last three decades, according to April’s [website](http://aprilthegiraffe.com). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4720587/april-giraffe-giving-birth/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4720587/april-giraffe-giving-birth/"},"headline":"April the Giraffe Is Expected to Give Birth to a Spotted Bundle of Joy and You Can Watch It Live Here","datePublished":"2017-03-31T14:51:52.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T10:05:34.000Z","description":"A Facebook post from April's zoo said it won't be long now","url":"https://time.com/4720587/april-giraffe-giving-birth/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Catherine Trautwein","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/catherine-trautwein/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4720587/april-giraffe-giving-birth/","name":"April the Giraffe Is Expected to Give Birth to a Spotted Bundle of Joy and You Can Watch It Live Here"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Giraffe Is Now Vulnerable to Extinction Following Population Decline","description":"\"These majestic animals are undergoing a silent extinction\"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/OcOQW5yU/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-12-08T16:30:50.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/OcOQW5yU.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4720587/april-giraffe-giving-birth/","duration":"PT43S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4720587/april-giraffe-giving-birth/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```