![]() Spectators must purchase tickets on-line only at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Website (link below):Īdmissions will be there to scan the online ticket once purchased. Zoo membership does not allow you free entry into the zoo. Spectators wanting to come cheer on runners/walkers will need to purchase tickets to enter the zoo. **Race Day Registration is online only! Spectator Information Pre-registration through April 19th - $30 This is the first of four races in the Cleveland Metroparks Race Series presented by CrossCountry Mortgage. In 1992, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo welcomed The Rain Forest, followed by Wolf Wilderness in 1997, Australian Adventure in 2000 and The Sarah Allison Steffee Center for Zoological Medicine in 2004.ĭid you know.Help celebrate Earth Day with the Earth Day 5k Presented by CrossCountry Mortgage at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo! A portion of the proceeds from the race go towards supporting green practices and sustainability efforts at the zoo. Since 1989, many themed exhibits have opened under the leadership of Zoo Director Steve Taylor. In 1985, a portion of the Cat and Primate Building was renovated after the Cleveland Aquarium in Gordon Park announced it was closing permanently and its collection of fishes and invertebrates was moved to the Zoo. In 1982, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo received accreditation from the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA). Wade Memorial Hall, located next to Waterfowl Lake, is the old Wade Park Deer Barn? Today it is a Victorian-styled ice cream parlor. In 1968, the City of Cleveland transferred ownership of the Zoo to the Cleveland Metropolitan Park District and the Cleveland Zoological Society transferred management of the Zoo to Cleveland Metroparks in 1975.Īlso in 1975, construction began on The Primate & Cat Building and it was during this time the Zoo's original building, the Wade Park Deer Barn, was moved from Wade Park and placed on Zoo grounds.ĭid you know. The Zoo recovered by 1962, however and moated lion and tiger exhibits were added. ![]() In January of 1959, heavy rains and melting snow caused Big Creek to overflow and the resulting flood wiped out the Zoo's reptile collection and damaged many buildings. In 1957, the Cleveland Zoological Society assumed control of the Zoo. Breeding and conservation programs supply the world's zoos with enough animals for almost all new exhibits? A year later, the Zoo's Pachyderm Building opened to house many of the animals acquired on the safari.ĭid you know. In 1955, Zoo staff and supporters organized an African safari and obtained three elephants, two hippos, two rhinos, three giraffes and many smaller animals. She was one of the older elephants in the country and succumbed to a cerebral hemorrhage. Accounts of her age varied from 56 to 72. Frieda, the beloved Indian elephant, died on November 27, 1956. She responded in dramatic fashion and from then on, everyone called her Frieda. ![]() A few years after the elephant had been living at the Zoo, one of her ex-trainers happened to visit her and called to her by her original name. It's extremely difficult to change names in the middle of an elephant's life. However, the elephant had a name, "Frieda," to which she had responded for many years. The Cleveland News sponsored an elephant naming contest, with the winning name "Osa" submitted by a 12-year-old boy from Cleveland Heights. In November 1940,a new Asian elephant arrived at the Zoo. The animals kept in the early Zoo were mostly of local origin, but the next thirty years saw the building of the Zoo's first Monkey Island, Sea Lion Pools and bear exhibit before the Cleveland Natural History Museum assumed control in 1940. The Zoo was originally located near Wade Oval in Cleveland's University Circle? ![]() By 1907, however, Cleveland City Council had laid plans to build the Cleveland Museum of Art and decided to move the Zoo to its current location.ĭid you know. Wade donated 73-acres of land and 14 American deer to the City of Cleveland. The Zoo began as Wade Park in 1882 after Jeptha H. ![]()
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