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HARPURSVILLE, NY (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — In a post on the Animal Adventure Park website, officials there said that the giraffe cam was set to end it’s broadcast Friday and it did just that.
READ MORE: Virtual Learning May Remain An Option At Some North Texas School Districts“Giraffe Cam will go dark Friday at 4:30 pm eastern (3:30 pm central time). We will all be there to say goodbye,” park officials said in the post.
As promised, officials joined April and her calf in the pen and held up a sign that said, “Thank You, To Be Continued.”
READ MORE: Firefighters Battle Raging Fire At Addison Apartment ComplexIn their update yesterday officials said, “All is well and baby continues to gain! A small floor scale has been implemented to get a read on baby without separating mom and handling calf.”
The giraffe cam made Animal Adventure Park the second most live-viewed channel in YouTube’s history, with more than 232 million live views since February.
More than 1.2 million viewers were watching when April gave birth Saturday.
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