Harpursville, N.Y. -- Jordan Patch is the guy the world has come to know for his giraffe cam. Patch has had a web cam broadcasting every step and sway of his animal farm's pregnant giraffe, April, for the better part of a month.

YouTube abruptly took the camera down last week, pausing the vigil of millions around the globe who have been waiting, watching for baby hooves to drop from April's belly.

The story of Patch's animal farm, Animal Adventure Park outside Binghamton, is one of pursuing a childhood dream after the life you know is destroyed.

Patch, who graduated from Le Moyne College with a business degree in 2005, owned and operated Dino's Bar and Grill in Conklin for five years. The business was successful, but it suffered massive damagewhen the Susquehanna River flooded in 2011, along with Patch's home. He decided to close the bar and cut his losses.

Patch's true passion had always been animals. He's always had a dream to have his own animal park. "There was always an idea of, like, Dr. Seuss' 'If I Ran the Zoo,'" Patch said. "I could exhibit animals and create a hands-on learning environment."

But that had always seemed like a crazy pipe dream -- mostly. When he was still a kid, Patch met a camel named Maxx at a local fair. Ever since that meeting, he held onto the idea of having his own camel. For the years he ran the bar, he'd had a realtor friend looking for a nice plot of land where he could have