Mum charged after dropping son in cheetah pit at US zoo

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.