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# April the Giraffe Is Expected to Give Birth to a Spotted Bundle of Joy and You Can Watch It Live Here

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## 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)

![The Giraffe Is Now Vulnerable to Extinction Following Population Decline](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/OcOQW5yU/poster.jpg?width=720)

_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).

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