{"id":221008,"date":"2026-06-17T03:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T03:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/221008\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T03:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T03:00:33","slug":"you-can-help-choose-the-name-for-pittsburgh-zoos-new-baby-lion-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/221008\/","title":{"rendered":"You can help choose the name for Pittsburgh Zoo\u2019s new baby lion \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 You may not be able to see the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium\u2019s new baby lion when you visit just yet, but you can help give her a name!<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The 2-month-old female African lion cub was born on April 5 to parents Scarlett and Hondo. She\u2019s the first cub for both parents. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">While she continues to grow, the zoo is asking the public for suggestions for a name for the cub.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">For a $5 donation, guests can<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghzoo.org\/dub-the-cub\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghzoo.org\/dub-the-cub\"> submit a name for the cub on its website<\/a>. The contest will remain open for one month, from June 16 to July 17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The zoo staff will review and vet entries before selecting the winning name, which will be announced on the zoo\u2019s social media channels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The donations made will support the zoo\u2019s ongoing animal care, conservation, and education initiatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The cub will make her debut in the African Savanna habitat later this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 You may not be able to see the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium\u2019s new baby lion when&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[87407,528,96240,96106,96238,73,75,74,2063,96239],"class_list":["post-221008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-lion-cub","tag-name","tag-name-the-new-lion","tag-naming-contest","tag-new-lion","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-zoo","tag-suggest-a-name"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}