Editing Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (section)

====Emeritus staff recognition====
The National Zoo Association awarded Cleveland Metroparks' Zoo staff with Honorary Memberships. Retired CMZ administrators and career zoo and aquarium professionals Daniel Moreno and Donald Kuenzer were recognized as ''Honorary Membership'' Winners by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Recipients of Honorary Membership are recognized as the most esteemed and distinguished zoo professionals in North America. According to the AZA website, ''Honorary Membership'' is conferred by the AZA Board of Directors upon those AZA members who have made "significant contributions to the zoological profession during their careers."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aza.org/honorary-membership-award|title=Honorary Membership Award|website=Aza.org|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref>

Moreno and Kuenzer are included in a list of other notable North American zoo and aquarium professionals. Other recipients include [[William G. Conway]], Hon. PhD (Director General/President Emeritus, [[Bronx Zoo]]-based [[Wildlife Conservation Society]]), [[Lester E. Fisher|Lester Fisher, DVM]] (Veterinarian/Director Emeritus, [[Lincoln Park Zoo]]), Murray Fowler, DVM (Veterinarian/Professor, [[University of California]]), [[Jack Hanna]], Hon. PhD (Director Emeritus, [[Columbus Zoo and Aquarium]]), Charles H. Hoessle, Hon. PhD (Director Emeritus, [[Saint Louis Zoo]]), Marvin Jones (Registrar Emeritus, [[San Diego Zoo]]), Peter Karsten (Director Emeritus, [[Calgary Zoo]]), Edward Maruska, (Director Emeritus, [[Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden]]), Dennis Meritt, Jr., Ph.D. (Professor–Assistant Director Emeritus, [[Depaul University]]–[[Lincoln Park Zoo]]), [[George B. Rabb]], PhD (President/Director Emeritus, [[Brookfield Zoo]]), Alan H. Shoemaker, MS (Curator Emeritus, [[Riverbanks Zoo]]), [[Kurt Benirschke]], MD (Board of Trustees, [[San Diego Zoo]]), Gary K. Clarke (Director Emeritus, [[Topeka Zoo]]), [[Roger Conant (herpetologist)|Roger Conant]], Hon ScD (Curator Emeritus, [[Toledo Zoo]]) and Ted A. Beattie (President/Director Emeritus, [[Shedd Aquarium]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aza.org/honorary-membership-winners|title=Honorary Membership Winners|website=Aza.org|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref>

=====Daniel Moreno=====
Dan Moreno joined the CMZ after serving three decades at the helm of the Cleveland Aquarium as both its director and curator under the auspices of the [[Cleveland Museum of Natural History]]. The Cleveland Aquarium's animal collection was "absorbed" by the CMZ in 1986 after structural elements of the aquarium building forced its closing.

Until his retirement in 1997, Moreno managed the aquatic animal collections at the Cleveland Zoo under General Curator Don Kuenzer. He supervised animal husbandry programs for the Rainforest and Aquatics exhibits. Moreno was a charter member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (originally the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums) and served on its board of directors from 1971 to 1976.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drumandcroaker.org/pdf/1997.pdf|title=DRUM and CROAKER : A Highly Irregular Journal for the Public Aquarist|website=Drumandcroaker.org|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref>

In 2012, the [[Greater Cleveland Aquarium]] opened to the public as the only free standing aquarium in the state of Ohio.

=====Donald Kuenzer=====
Don Kuenzer retired after a 40-year career serving in multiple capacities, including senior curator, general curator and acting director. In 1961, Kuenzer began his career at the Cleveland Zoo's Petting Farm as an attendant animal care technician. After serving as an animal keeper, he was promoted to Assistant General Curator in 1975 by zoo director Dr. Leonard Goss.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oldbrooklynhistory.org/gallery/OBN/07JanOBN.pdf|date=January 2007|title=Old Brooklyn News|website=Oldbrooklynhistory.org|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/people/articles/animal-house|title=Animal House|website=Oldbrooklynhistory.org|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref>

Kuenzer was credited with designing The Rainforest, a state-of-the art indoor naturalistic living exhibit dedicated to the display of tropical and subtropical species from multiple continents.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1992/10/05/127257/is-it-live-or-is-it-larson-an-arizona-company-turns-out-strikingly-authentic-habitats-for-zoos-and-aquariums|title=Is It Live or Is It Larson?|website=Si.com|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref> He served on the Board of Regents for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.