Photo gallery: Zoo making Children’s Hospital more plush

Daniel Prosper Brown looks at his new plush shark, which was delivered by the Chattanooga Zoo, as he receives a blood transfusion to help treat his sickle cell anemia at Children's Hospital at Erlanger on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Chattanooga Zoo collects donated plush animals from visitors to deliver to sick children at the hospital.

By Doug Strickland September 5, 2018 1 min read

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Donated plush animals

Plush sloths hang from a wagon in the lobby of Children's Hospital at Erlanger on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Chattanooga Zoo collects donated plush animals from visitors to deliver to sick children at the hospital.

Workers with the Chattanooga Zoo unpack boxes of plush animals in the lobby of Children's Hospital at Erlanger on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Chattanooga Zoo collects donated plush animals from visitors to deliver to sick children at the hospital.

A decorative gazelle is displayed in a hallway as workers with the Chattanooga Zoo deliver donated plush animals to Children's Hospital at Erlanger on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Chattanooga Zoo collects donated plush animals from visitors to deliver to sick children at the hospital.

Adrian Puckett, left, watches as her daughter Grace picks out a plush tiger from a wagon of donated plush animals from the Chattanooga Zoo at Children's Hospital at Erlanger on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Chattanooga Zoo collects donated plush animals from visitors to deliver to sick children at the hospital.

Grace Puckett, right, and her mother Adrian sit in their treatment room in Children's Hospital at Erlanger as Grace cradles a plush tiger delivered by workers from the Chattanooga Zoo on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Chattanooga Zoo collects donated plush animals from visitors to deliver to sick children at the hospital.

Jack Middleton picks out a plush turtle from a wagon of donated plush animals from the Chattanooga Zoo at Children's Hospital at Erlanger on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Chattanooga Zoo collects donated plush animals from visitors to deliver to sick children at the hospital.

A plush turtle comes with a message from the Chattanooga Zoo after being selected by a child at Children's Hospital at Erlanger on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Chattanooga Zoo collects donated plush animals from visitors to deliver to sick children at the hospital.

Jack Middleton hugs his mother Erin after picking out a plush turtle from the Chattanooga Zoo which was donated to Children's Hospital at Erlanger on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Chattanooga Zoo collects donated plush animals from visitors to deliver to sick children at the hospital.

Daniel Prosper Brown sits with his new plush shark, which was delivered by the Chattanooga Zoo, as he receives a blood transfusion to help treat his sickle cell anemia at Children's Hospital at Erlanger on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Chattanooga Zoo collects donated plush animals from visitors to deliver to sick children at the hospital.

Audrey Coffman, left, and Michael Kragel with the Chattanooga Zoo, unpack boxes of plush animals in the lobby of Children's Hospital at Erlanger on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Chattanooga Zoo collects donated plush animals from visitors to deliver to sick children at the hospital.

Workers with the Chattanooga Zoo delivered donated plush animals to Children’s Hospital at Erlanger on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

The Chattanooga Zoo collects donated plush animals from visitors to deliver to sick children at the hospital.