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The National Post - a Canadian newspaper - published the following story this morning (I only include excerpts):
A New York zookeeper scolded animal rights “extremists” on Thursday after live video of a giraffe birth was temporarily removed from YouTube over complaints of nudity and sexually explicit content.
The Animal Adventure Park, in Harpursville, N.Y., started running a live broadcast earlier this month from its giraffe pen, where 15-year-old April was expected to go into labour. She was showing the signs: pacing, “star gazing,” waxing of the teats, irritability, anxiety, according to zoo owner Jordan Patch.
By Wednesday, thousands were watching the feed, waiting for the giraffe to give birth. But the video was pulled from YouTube on Thursday morning for violating the site’s guidelines, Patch told the National Post.
He accused “animal rights activists and extremists” of erroneously reporting the video to YouTube as nude, sexual content.
. . .
A YouTube spokesperson suggested the removal was a mistake, noting that 400 hours of video are uploaded to the every minute. . . .
“Sometimes we make the wrong call,” YouTube’s statement read. “When it’s brought to our attention that content has been removed mistakenly, we act quickly to reinstate it.”
The live video was back on YouTube within an hour, around 8:30 a.m.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) denied any involvement in the effort to remove the video on Thursday. Nonetheless, the group released a statement bemoaning the fact that “another giraffe will be born into captivity.”
“He or she will be denied virtually everything natural and important to him or her so people can gawk at the spectacle of having a giraffe in New York state,” PETA said in an email.
Patch dismissed the statement.
“Everything that matters and is important to that giraffe is provided to them in a stress-free manner,” he said. “We can’t debate with (PETA), because we’re not going to change their minds.”
It's nice to see that sanity ultimately prevailed, but seriously, does "anti" always have to mean "crazy"?The Animal Adventure Park, in Harpursville, N.Y., started running a live broadcast earlier this month from its giraffe pen, where 15-year-old April was expected to go into labour. She was showing the signs: pacing, “star gazing,” waxing of the teats, irritability, anxiety, according to zoo owner Jordan Patch.
By Wednesday, thousands were watching the feed, waiting for the giraffe to give birth. But the video was pulled from YouTube on Thursday morning for violating the site’s guidelines, Patch told the National Post.
He accused “animal rights activists and extremists” of erroneously reporting the video to YouTube as nude, sexual content.
. . .
A YouTube spokesperson suggested the removal was a mistake, noting that 400 hours of video are uploaded to the every minute. . . .
“Sometimes we make the wrong call,” YouTube’s statement read. “When it’s brought to our attention that content has been removed mistakenly, we act quickly to reinstate it.”
The live video was back on YouTube within an hour, around 8:30 a.m.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) denied any involvement in the effort to remove the video on Thursday. Nonetheless, the group released a statement bemoaning the fact that “another giraffe will be born into captivity.”
“He or she will be denied virtually everything natural and important to him or her so people can gawk at the spectacle of having a giraffe in New York state,” PETA said in an email.
Patch dismissed the statement.
“Everything that matters and is important to that giraffe is provided to them in a stress-free manner,” he said. “We can’t debate with (PETA), because we’re not going to change their minds.”
