Mum charged after boy falls in cheetah pit

Police have charged a woman who accidentally dropped her two-year-old son into a cheetah pit at a US zoo.

Four Cheetahs in their exhibit at the Cleveland Metro parks Zoo

A toddler has escaped with a few bumps and bruises after he fell into a cheetah pit at a US zoo. (AAP)

A woman accused of holding her two-year-old son over a railing at a US zoo when he fell into a cheetah exhibit has been charged with child endangering.

Michelle Schwab, of Delaware, Ohio, was charged on Monday in Cleveland Municipal Court.

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo says the toddler's parents jumped in and pulled him to safety after he fell into the cheetah enclosure on Saturday.

Zoo officials said the boy hurt his leg in the fall, but the cheetahs didn't go toward him or his parents.

Schwab couldn't be reached to comment on the charges.

The zoo said several people saw the woman holding the child over the railing.


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