Editing Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (section)

=== Balto ===
{{Further|Balto}}
[[Balto]], an [[Alaskan husky]] and [[sled dog]] made famous for his role leading the last stage of the [[1925 serum run to Nome]], resided at the zoo from March 1927 until his death in March 1933.<ref name="PlainD19400310p56">{{Cite news |date=March 10, 1940 |title=At Natural History Museum: Balto, Savior of Nome, Makes New Bow |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-at-natural-history-muse/147481974/ |access-date=July 20, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |page=56 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Balto, along with six surviving teammates from the serum run, were purchased from a [[traveling circus]] owner in [[Los Angeles]] by the citizenry of Cleveland following a ten-day fundraising campaign.<ref name="PlainD20150118p31">{{Cite news |last=DeMarco |first=Laura |date=January 18, 2015 |title=How Cleveland saved a hero |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-how-cleveland-saved-a-h/150163038/ |access-date=July 20, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |pages=C1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-how-cleveland-saved-a-h/150163077/ C6] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Following his death,<ref name="PlainD19330315p16">{{Cite news |date=March 15, 1933 |title=Career Ends. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-career-ends/147726268/ |access-date=July 25, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Balto's remains were mounted by the [[Cleveland Museum of Natural History]],<ref name="PlainD19330513p24">{{Cite news |date=May 13, 1933 |title=Balto Lives Again. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer-balto-lives-again/147481739/ |access-date=July 20, 2024 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |page=24 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> which continues to exhibit him to this day.<ref name="n8533">{{cite web |last=Sell |first=Jill |date=October 26, 2023 |title=Organic interests: A trip to the new Cleveland Museum of Natural History Visitor Hall |url=https://www.freshwatercleveland.com/features/CMNH_Visitors_Hall_102623.aspx |access-date=July 20, 2024 |website=FreshWater Media, LLC}}</ref> Statues of Balto and [[Togo (dog)|Togo]], another dog credited for heroic feats on the serum run, were unveiled at the zoo in 1997.<ref name="v458">{{cite web |last=Clifford |first=Stephanie |date=February 13, 2012 |title=Spirit of a Racer in a Siberian Husky's Blood |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/sports/spirit-of-a-racer-in-a-siberian-huskys-blood.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617140522/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/sports/spirit-of-a-racer-in-a-siberian-huskys-blood.html |archive-date=June 17, 2024 |access-date=July 20, 2024 |website=The New York Times |page=1:D}}</ref>