Live-stream of zoo giraffe birth shut down by YouTube for "nudity or sexual content"
Last Updated: Thursday, February 23, 2017, 4:14 PM EST HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. --
The owner of a new york zoo planning to live-stream a giraffe giving birth says the video feed was briefly removed from YouTube because animal rights activists labeled it sexually explicit.
- Complaint that video was explicit and contained nudity
- Live stream was stopped, then resumed Thursday
Animal Adventure Park started streaming video Wednesday of 15-year-old April in her enclosed pen at the zoo in Harpursville, 130 miles northwest of New York City.
But owner Jordan Patch said YouTube removed the feed early Thursday after someone reported it was explicit and contained nudity.
In a video posted on the zoo"s Facebook page, Patch blamed "a handful of extremists and animal rights activists" for interrupting the stream from the "giraffe cam." The live stream resumed on YouTube later Thursday morning.
April is expected to give birth to her fourth calf in the coming days.
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