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==Incidents== In 1938, Judy Zemnick, a young artist with the [[Works Progress Administration]] (WPA), was pulled into an enclosure by a polar bear named "Silver" and "badly mangled," according to news reports. Two other WPA artists, [[James C. Kulhanek]] and Clarence Zuelch, witnessed the attack, called for help, and attempted to drive the bear away from Ms. Zemnick.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 27, 1938 |title=Clawed 15 Minutes by Bear, Girl Artist to Live but Lose Eye |pages=1, 4 |work=The [[Plain Dealer]] |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=EANX-NB&req_dat=0D1C2ED46ABD2E15&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A122AFBBA107AC9E4%2540EANX-NB-1268C9C926531B44%25402429199-1268C6CFCE7FC298%25400/hlterms%3A |access-date=May 8, 2023}}</ref> Zoo visitors were known to throw things, including broken glass, at "Silver" for several years in retaliation for the incident with Ms. Zemnick.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 20, 1940 |title=Keeps Doctors at Distance |pages=8 |work=The [[Plain Dealer]] |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=EANX-NB&req_dat=0D1C2ED46ABD2E15&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A122AFBBA107AC9E4%2540EANX-NB-126970A0CE2249DC%25402429893-1267BFC4E0879C4D%25407-1267BFC4E0879C4D%2540./hlterms%3A |access-date=May 8, 2023}}</ref> In October 1940, an anonymous "10-year-old girl" sent $2.00 ("her savings") to the zoo "protesting the throwing of bottles and stones at the bear." She specified one dollar was to be given to the zoo staff members who "are good to animals" with the other donated for "a new place for the zoo."<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 27, 1940 |title=Zoo Bear Has A Friend |pages=34 |work=The [[Plain Dealer]] |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=EANX-NB&req_dat=0D1C2ED46ABD2E15&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A122AFBBA107AC9E4%2540EANX-NB-1269AC1754B423AE%25402429930-1267BFC8C4E53FB9%254033-1267BFC8C4E53FB9%2540./hlterms%3A |access-date=May 8, 2023}}</ref> In 2015, Mitchelle Schwab was charged after allegedly dropping her 2-year-old son into a cheetah exhibit. His parents were finally able to retrieve him from the exhibit and was taken to [[MetroHealth Medical Center]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/04/12/us/cleveland-zoo-cheetah-fall/index.html|title=Boy falls into cheetah exhibit at Cleveland zoo|website=www.cnn.com}}</ref>
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