The Cincinnati Zoo held their first ever stuffed animal clinic. Volunteers of the Cincinnati Zoo came together to help sew and repair the stuffed animals of children. The event was offered to zoo members only.
A stuffed animal gets repaired during the Stuffed Animal Clinic, Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Avondale. (Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer)
Faye Melson, 3, left, and Joan Lippert, 68, look at Faye's stuffed bunny during the Stuffed Animal Clinic, Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Avondale. (Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer)
Caroline Dunford, 3, left, and Julianna Dunford, 6, get Frank, their stuffed dog, repaired by Tricia Hempl during the Stuffed Animal Clinic, Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Avondale. (Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer)
Emersyn Schaefer, 2, listens for her toys heartbeat during the Stuffed Animal Clinic, Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Avondale. (Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer)
Joan Lippert, 68, left, and Sage Shaffer, 8, right, look at a check-up chart for a stuffed animal during the Stuffed Animal Clinic, Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Avondale. (Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer)
Clinic tables are stationed for stuffed animals for the Stuffed Animal Clinic, Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Avondale. (Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer)
Donna King, 78, left, and Cambria Reinstatler, 6, put a bandage on a stuffed unicorn during the Stuffed Animal Clinic, Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Avondale. (Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer)
Zion Rose, 1, right, stamps her stuffed animal patient certificate during the Stuffed Animal Clinic, Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Avondale. (Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer)
Hadley Tewksbury, 8, checks-in her stuffed animal during the Stuffed Animal Clinic, Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Avondale. (Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer)
Avaianna Timbering, 7, stamps her stuffed animal patient certificate during the Stuffed Animal Clinic, Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Avondale. (Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer)