While the Children's Farm remained a popular space for the zoo's young patron's to participate in hands-on learning about animals, the extent of the education desired by much of the public had its limits; in 1985, news that the farm animals were re-purposed as food for other zoo inhabitants at the end of the season threatened to close the exhibit. While federal health code requirements implemented in the late 1960s did not allow for the animals to be returned to farms due to the potential for exposure to diseases carried by exotic zoo animals, the zoo agreed to revise its practices and the animals it displayed in the Children's Farm. | Source: Image courtesy of Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special CollectionsDownload Original File
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Image courtesy of Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections
