Such a beautiful tribute to April!!! I was sadden to hear of her passing....I love the pics of Alyssa with April, you can see the love she had for. RIP April.....
Thank you Trisha Sims for making and sharing this BEAUTIFUL video. April was and IS our beautiful girl. I'll miss her always. Thank you Jordan Patch for sharing her with the world, and thank you and AAP for the glorious way you take care of all of the animals you share with us. May God Bless you all. RIP April and Azizi...
How very fitting that you chose this song for this video, and here we are now saying Goodbye to April.... Thank You for making this 4 years ago, although I just cried my eyes out, it's such a loving tribute to April and the reason why we all grew to love her.... Thanks so very much....
So very very sad! I know she was taken very good care of! Thank you for her life and care and beautiful tribute! We will miss her! I know you trainers and caretakers are heartbroken. Prayers to you all...
I bawl crying tears of life, appreciation, creation and just pure natural birth with the instantaneous love felt by this giraffe family and staff. Thank you so very much! So beautiful every time I watch it. My heart is refueled every time I watch this. CHEERS AND LOVE TO AAP!
So beautiful and an amazing tribute to animal adventure park. Thanks for capturing some of the highlights we all shared while watching our beautiful April and Oliver and most of all the birth of baby g. You did a wonderful job and thank you for the memories.
Oh my I'm in tears with goosebumps 🦒❣️ Sweet Dear April we ALL Love You So Very Much, Rest In Peace 🙌❤️. Thankful Taj was able to spend so much time with April after his birth 🙌❤️. Upstate NY here 💞
Simply the most beautiful tribute to an Amazing Journey that you Wonderful Folks allowed the Whole World to be a Part of ! Thank You All so much for Allowing Us All to be a Part of Your Joy and Bringing the Folks from All Over a Time to Unite as One to See this Remarkable Gift From God --- The Creation of the Giraffe as a Whole ! Thank you for all of your Efforts to Continue in All you Do to Preserve these Beautiful Animals so Generations of Folks can Continue to Know these Animals Exist ! God Bless All Of You and Again Thank You So Much ! ❤❤❤️
Thank you for sharing April with us! She was beautiful and I know you all took very good care of her and you loved her. I am so sorry for your loss. She brought so much joy into many lives, including mine. Rest in peace sweet girl and run free in heaven!
Such a beautiful tribute. Made me want to smile and cry. So happy to have Tajiri and the newest BabyG as of 3/16/19. But overall I want to cry because I miss Alyssa so very much. There was a special love between her and April. Seeing that again in this video was both beautiful and heartbreaking. And Oliver, wow, has he grown since this video was made. Little BabyG loves him!!!
Rewatching this a week after April’s 2nd calf born at AAP, Azizi, sadly passed away at the facility in TX he had been moved to in attempt to encourage expansion of the species. Azizi had developed twisted gut after a viral infection. After hearing the news, Jordan said there was nothing the facility in TX could have done to save him. Good news is Johari, the 2nd female at AAP is pregnant by Oliver and we are on calf watch right now Nov. 2020. April is enjoying retirement and is currently living in a new barn/yard structure with Tajiri, who ended up staying at AAP. This video caused a few tears...it’s been a mostly wonderful ride. Truly the circle of life.
April, Oliver, and the Little One were the best two and a half months this year. My Husband and I shared his birth before he had to travel back to Virginia for the Coast Guard. Sir Elton singing this song brought tears of joy to my eyes. Thank y'all for a wonderful experience.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful and then share with the world, I can't tell you how beautiful it is for me to watch April the entire time and boy is she ever a trooper, please let's continue sharing in April and her beautiful baby boy, I don't know what I would do if I could never see her again know how she is doing. I fell in love with April and I thank you for allowing me to do this
Thank you so very much for allowing me to watch such a magnificent critter.....April is one amazing girl. My big German Shepherd and I watched April so often that my dog (Mykah) now knows her name. She watches the computer screen to see April, in wonder. The love Allyssa has for April is that of so many pet lovers. Thank you is not enough....like others, the tears are flowing. But, it's not goodbye, it's see ya. As we will. Again THANK YOU all so very much! Mykah and I will miss April so!
I just can't thank you all enough for this wonderful, wonderful journey.... I cried through the whole tribute. This whole journey has touched me in a way I never thought possible. Thank you all again. I do think Alyssa should have the honor of nameing the baby, she clearly is attached to April and her baby.
You couldn't have picked a better song; it's one of my all time favorites. If we could all live by the simple message in this song, the world for all animals would be a much safer and kinder place and the earth would be healthier.
Trisha, everytime I watch this beautiful video of a Tribute to AAP and April it brings tears to my eyes and the joy of having known our April! Thank you so much for this video!
Thank you for this beautiful tribute! AAP certainly deserves all the praise and thank yous for bringing the world together to share such a beautiful experience!
This is so up lifting,what a beautiful baby,thank you Mr Jordan for educating us about these beauties,enjoying your weekly post on other animals,this would be great to let school children see,or younger ones,start them out young maybe we can teach them too be kind too all animals, so many are being abused,I can never travel that far health issues, so your tours your giving is better than nothing, you helped me thru the winter,love too all the staff & you & your family God bless all 🙏🏼
Such a beautiful Tribute Trisha Sims especially with Allysa & April, I do believe the AAP brought everyone closer together, on watching this journey unfold. definitely a highlight and forever memory of 2017, despite all of this other nonsense that's going on in this world. By watching this journey with Allysa, Corey, Jordan, Dr. Tim, April, Oliver, and BabyG. Made my love for giraffe's and every other animal great. I seldom shed tears but boy did they flow out like a river. Especially with song and this journey. Really miss the Giraffe cam being up 24/7 its just not the same. But we love you April, Oliver, BabyG, Allysa, Corey, Jordan, and Dr Tim.. You guys keep up the good work, definitely changed my life around for the better.
This tribute to the Animal Adventure Park and all of the staff is wonderful. Every time I watch it I cry and smile at the same time. It is beautiful! I am so grateful for the opportunity to share this great experience. I will never look at a Giraffe the same way -- I will always think of April, Oliver and Baby!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Great song so fitting. The whole world loves April, Oliver and the new baby! Thank,you Jordan,Alyssa,Dr.Tim and Corey! We love you and we miss you all and the Superior care you have given this Special Family. It means the world to so many of us that took the time to grow with all of you. May the circle continue.
Thank you so much. The video brought tears to my eyes. I was a zoo Docent in Rhode Island. I managed a terrific little zoo for two years. It never gets old. The birth, the personalities, the love relationship established, go on forever.
What can I say after this beautiful tribute to the animal kingdom. Many thanks to the AAP for sharing this wonderful experience with the world. God bless you all!
Thank you for sharing this beautiful tribute! I work with the giraffes at the Denver Zoo as a volunteer and I learned so much more from this experience. Just wish we had this kind of footage from my favorite giraffe Kipele giving birth February 28th!
This tribute was just awesome! I thought to much of April, Olive, baby G and especially "Ava" feeding carrots! This was truly a special journey for millions to see.
O-MY, " Nice" So touching, Pictures, music ♥️♥️♥️🎶🎶🎶👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💞Very touching!!!! Thank you again. Hopefully, 🤗 we can come to your Park. 😎 That would be so amazed.💖❤️ knows, Never say Never!!!! 🤗🌠🌠We, appreciate you all !!!! Bless you all, please let us all know how, Oliver, April and, the little man are doing, please keep us all in the loop 🤗💖🌠👏👍 Once again, Thank you, Thank you, for this Amazing Journey..From, Us all in Northern, Nevada...😎🌠🌠👏👏👍
A beautiful video of April. Brought the tears again. If it hadn't been for Alyssa, her original keeper at AAP, none of the keepers would have been able to go in with April. Wonder what Alyssa is thinking now & how her heart must be breaking. She worked so hard at training April & did a wonderful job. Hope Alyssa is happy wherever she is. All the best to her. RIP April. You leave behind a marvelous son. You are now with your other son.
The tears are flowing. What a beautiful tribute. I feel so blessed to have watched these majestic giraffes up close and personal. If they only knew the impact they made on the world that watched. Thanks for this. We will miss watching.
I have loved being a part of April and Oliver's journey since February and loved every minute night and day even checking on her at 2, 3, and 5 in the morning! Thank you
Thank u so much for letting me & the world be part of April & her beautiful baby boy, coming into this world & now seeing the both of them so healthy & so loved. Also what a beautiful tribute. I'm also crying, so beautiful.
Thank you for sharing this! Loved all of these pics, especially with Allyssa and April. The bond they had was special! Our girl was so special. Couldn't get through this without crying! RIP Angel!
Sitting here watching your video today and just crying. Such wonderful memories of watching April and Oliver waiting on our little boy Taj to be born. Such sweet times. Thank you for making this beautiful video. It's great.
Beautiful tribute to April. She was absolutely beautiful. She quickly became part of our lives as her pregnancies progressed and we waited patiently for her to deliver. It breaks my heart that she is gone but she will always be a beautiful memory.
Thank you for sharing one of the most beautiful things God has blessed us wit. "Oliver Jr" is so adorable and April looks beautiful. I envy you all for your work - The reward is yours to cherish as you all deserve it for contributing to the preservation of all great creatures. Carol Homer of Lakepoint Real Estate
This is the most beautiful video yet. April's bond with Allysa is beyond words. These animals are so very gentle and loving. We must protect them all and love them like all of you. Thank you Allysa, you are so very special and I hope you know that somehow. Tajiri is so cute! I cried but loved it too xo
This is beautiful, the close ups and photography is amazing. I’m so glad to see Alyssa in this, regardless of what happened she was s huge part of this. She had s connection to April like none of the other keepers. I am so sad that Jordan can’t see all the positive she did for the park and not focus on the final ending. I know from her posts she has worked hard emotionally to move on and be happy but she posted how she missed kisses with April and is avoiding watching this new birth. I want to thank Alyssa if AAP won’t, her touch with April was pure love. Here’s hoping for another safe and wonderful birth, ( I’m secretly hoping for s little girl!). This video is just so touching! Loved it! ❤️
Jo Liley no one will discuss it. Alyssa came back when they thought it was Tajiris last day at the park. They won’t even mention her at the park. You could tell by her Instagram she was putting in a brave face, she said she wasn’t able to handle the instant fame as that wasn’t who she was. She put up a photo of April and her a couple of weeks ago with the caption “ Sometimes I miss this”. She said she never looks at the park’s Facebook nor cam and she just recently posted a pic of the house she was at and wrote how she’s moving on. All the attention she was getting again since the new birth is imminent must have been too much because she put a cryptic quote and leaving is the hardest thing she had to do and then closed her Instagram account. She’s been working on being happy and said she’s the happiest she’s been in a year. I really wish her well, none of the keepers there now have the same rapport with April. I wish Jordan could ask her to come back and have a photo with the new Bub but he won’t and she’d probably say no. Did you see Jordan’s announcement he said he had to let her go as the animals safety was his priority, she’s obviously made a mistake that Jordan won’t forgive her for, I could speculate but what’s the point? This is a beautiful memory of her time there, we all make mistakes and she’s been punished for it. I would have given her a really good talking to and put her in probation, I’ve seen Jordan get riled up if he doesn’t like something so I can imagine him not forgiving her. So sad April and Alyssa has such a beautiful bond. I know she’d like to go back and rescue Rhinos in Africa again, hope she goes back to South Africa.
I miss her too. She really is/was a very shy girl and did not like being under the microscope all the time. Leaving AAP had to be very, very difficult for her because you can see just how much love she had for April in these photos. Being in the public eye and under a microscope in EVERYTHING you do has to be so stressful, I can't imagine how she felt. Not to mention that making one mistake cost her her job. I'm sure I would make mistakes too if I went from being a small town gal to insta-famous in a matter of days 😢 I hope Alyssa knows that a lot of people out there love her and miss her.
Such a beautiful artistic tribute to honor a wonderful place, loving and caring people, and amazing creatures that God has given us to enjoy. Thank you, Trisha, for sharing I wish everyone could enjoy it.
Trisha Sims.......thank you so much, it's just beautifully put together. I've been watching from Australia and am missing our giraffe family tonight. It's so hard to get used to not seeing them. Because of times differences, our day is your night, so I (with many others I'm sure) took on the roll as night nurse & loved every minute of it. Again, thank you
Thank you for sharing this journey with the world!! A very beautiful and touching tribute video to April and Oliver and the precious Baby G!!!!❤💘💙💗💜💛💚💖❣💞💦💖
Thanks so much for this AAP Tribute! And now Taj with his new companion and April w/ a new calf due in a couple of months ... this certainly is the cycle of life!
I shared April’s pregnancy and the birth with my aunt who sadly passed away today after a short but very brave fight with pancreatic cancer. This beautiful video brought back wonderful memories of a lovely lady who died far too soon. This is for you Pam . Xx
Thank you for this. I was hoping to look and see the camera back up, but this was the perfect video. I cried 😢 I will miss watching my giraffe family, aap family and Dr Tim, but mostly miss watching Little Man running in circles. God Bless you for allowing us all to watch and witness Gods Miracles. ❤️
Tears in my eyes. I was one of the many Louisiana “flood experiencers” of 2016. I lived in a borrowed camper for 11 months while my house was restored. Watching April grow, participating in the giraffe cam chat room, watching the loving care by Alyssa and Corey et al., and and watching the LIVE birth of Taj provided a MUCH NEEDED positive distraction for me! I can only imagine others’ difficult life situations and how valuable the sharing in April’s Journey has been. Thank you Jordan and all staff ... and thank you to the maker of this tribute! 💕
Such a great tribute!!! Sad to have to say "good-bye" when the LIVE cam was going down. It was a great experience and thank you to all th AAP staff for making it happen. Miss the chatrooms too--met so many people!! Looking forward to the cameras in the near future to keep up with Oliver, April, And Baby and more!!! God Bless everyone!!
Glad to know I wasn't the only one crying! This was a great tribute, and along with the other comments, LOVED the shot with Alyssa and April head to head, as well as the one with her kissing April! I can not even imagine how wonderful it is to have this job to go to every day!! Hope to visit AAP with my grandkids sometime this summer to visit with April, Oliver and the baby!
What a beautiful thing for one, such as myself, to experience when people, such as yourself with so much talent and compassion can create something such as this, in tribute to those who originally united us all, by way of two giraffes and the plight of conservation of all God's creatures, great and small! Makes the bond of "humanity" that much stronger! Absolutely beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing this with the world! God Bless!
Omg lady I thought the one I seen this morning made me cry and saying goodbye this evening your tribute has totally got me in tears all over again totally and most amazing work thank you for doing this and posting..
I know I been watching all the archives I can find,, also found a couple that I didn't know that Jordan and alyssa did on a live interview that they didn't post on their page but found it on you tube,, did you see the other tribute for the them with the cheers song again you did a really amazing job on it I have shared it on their page first time I seen your you had like 20 views and your over a 100 views now...
Thank you very very much for your beautiful tribute! ❤ Crying a river but so very grateful to you and AAP! Eternally grateful for life's wonderment! ❤👌
Beautiful video! I never thought I'd fall in love with a giraffe, and then with her baby! This brought happy tears, but also tears from missing them! Thank you AAP for sharing April and her pregnancy with us.....It was a part of my life. I look forward to updates and photos of April, Baby G, and Oliver!!!
Love the song,what great memories,what a great summer,the winter months we can see our baby grow ,by spring he’ll be a handsome boy , he’s precious now,wish he could stay small👍
I have watched this several times and it makes me cry. I do still miss Alyssa but totally love Corey and all the staff at AAP! I don't have enough words to explain my respect for Jordan & his family for ALL that they do
Simply beautiful!! All the pics are great, especially the one of Alyssa and April head to head. Alyssa has a super special bond with April and I'm sure in time she will with Baby G as well. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful journey.
I haven't cried through this entire process till now while watching your video. It brought out the emotions I didn't know were hiding. It was an incredible, and an amazing tribute. Thank you for sharing it with the rest of us "April the Giraffe lovers"
