Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

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Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo entrance
Date opened	1892
Location	Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Land area	165 acres (0.67 km²)
Accreditations/ Memberships	Association of Zoos and Aquariums
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Sarah Allison Steffee Center for Zoological Medicine

The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is a zoo in Cleveland, Ohio. The zoo is 165 acres (66.8 ha) and is split up into different areas: the RainForest, the African Savanna, Northern Trek, the Australian Adventure, and Primates, Cats, and Aquatics. The Metroparks Zoo has the largest collection of primates in North America. It features Monkey Island, a cement island where a large population of Rhesus monkeys were kept in free-range conditions (no cages or walls).

As part of the Cleveland Metroparks and Zoo's focus on conservation, the Zoo recently constructed the Center for Zoological Medicine. The veterinary hospital hosts medical, laboratory and surgical suites, a ward and quarantine area. Also housed here is the Reinbergerger Learning Lab, where Zoo visitors can learn about veterinary care at all stages of an animal's life. The Learning Lab features interactive hands-on educational displays and views to surgical suites where visitors might sneak a peak at a treatment procedure in progress. This hospital is equipped with the first CT Scanner in any zoo.

It is a part of the Cleveland Metroparks system.

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo was founded in 1892, which makes it the seventh oldest zoo in the United States.^[1]