known september march female western lowland born new_york_city baby successfully born captivity new_york months publicized birth arm broken got stuck cage mother grabbed away father incident media domestic dispute reality experts thought simple accident injury treated zoo custody dispute broke public range opinions experts believed returned mother intense media coverage public interest brought attention wide audience stories focusing recovery eventual reunion parents conditions zoo animals ambitious proposal arose wake controversy zoo received record attendance rates child star new_york_city early 1970s fame compared time new_york_city facing problems distracted public growing welcome relief new children loved visit spending decade life central park zoo moved permanently mother baby including twins born spent later life independent caring troop exhibit suffering cardiac problems time succumbed heart disease birth born september western lowland parents arrived zoo time thought wasn mature conceive gave birth age came surprise time gave birth difficult captive mothers raise young babies rejected mother taken away successfully born captivity new_york time birth unknown male female considered dangerous approach parents assumed male originally named jim established female contest held new_york_daily_news find cake winning entry submitted new_york named wife proposed daughter happens boys told wife girl happens thought let baby use meantime connor told reporters birth caught attention city brought crowds thousands new reporter called child star face served bit respite time city found high crime rates intensifying financial crisis months born director zoo estimated based crowds draw additional visitors time birthday custody dispute age months sharing march accident occurred attributed skills staff hand directly according visitors little reaching father bars cage right arm stuck mother pulled away breaking right arm zoo subdue remove treat injury experts considered incident accident media event worked recalled news media liked dramatic bloody mess struggle mom pop custody child like simple accident double cage partition narrow bars arms reached narrow bars touch father suddenly pulled away arm got caught narrow bars broke freak accident realized bars narrow catch tiny arm brought surgery given cast arm concerns try remove cast separated mother moved treated later replaced cast examination staff discovered parasites determined believed result incident wasn capable mother custody dispute began arguing better cared facilities time magazine noted custody battle decade world comparing popularity fame child star developmental biologist brought dispute published report favored returning mother report noted recommendation based judgment infant likely develop socially competent adequate animal raised company parents opposed raised group peers months injuries returned mother june entire incident documented artist book gentle story cake conditions 1970s animal welfare organizations began voice increasing concern treatment zoo animals conditions central park zoo oldest zoo united_states prison like conditions called changes responsible creating realistic habitat zoo began calling changes moved zoo renovation plan approved plans larger spaces new_york_times reported animals inadequate spaces long enraged animal lovers zoo finally closed renovations moved moved permanently december years lived cage june moved million exhibit exhibit includes viewing area separates visitors glass window troops inhabited acre exhibit dozen troop including barbara general curator described independent close friends fact didn live parents long lived years said breeding offspring gave birth baby male january second baby march died soon birth gave birth babies female named followed patrick april december gave birth october named taken away kate companion hopes breeding lowland introducing new genes captive gene pool forced separation led protests animal rights activists expressed concerns potential consequences emotional trauma species survival plan sent joined females july gave birth male pair gave birth twin males august sixth time western lowland given birth twins captivity twins raised separate habitat mothers seven years named dan left zoo nebraska february february gave birth female tenth baby male delivered april unnamed died days later later life father died established raise stop illegal african fundraising coincided 30th birthday commemorated day celebration zoo special cake female left tried hand painting participating animal program zoo sample work published annual report mother died early suffered chronic heart disease aged captive zoo north_america died sleep age according exceeded median life span years female zoo cultural depictions honor brother joined street kids chorus song cake released album brother visit street picture book called cake featuring new_york_times photographer written wrote story cake picture book children artist published direct personal observations custody dispute drawings book gentle story cake
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