{"id":242882,"date":"2026-04-10T01:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T01:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/242882\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T01:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T01:20:12","slug":"dallas-zoo-introduces-2-sumatran-tiger-cubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/242882\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Zoo introduces 2 Sumatran tiger cubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/dallas-zoo\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Zoo has<\/a> added two tiger cubs to the family \u2014 and you have the chance to help name one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Sumatran tiger cubs, one boy and one girl, were born in\u00a0the early morning hours of Feb. 22 to mom Suki and dad Kuasa, the zoo announced Wednesday in a news release. Each weighed about 2.5 pounds at birth.<\/p>\n<p>Zoo officials said the cubs are thriving under Suki&#8217;s care and continue to grow every day. They will remain behind the scenes until they have the strength and skills to explore their public habitat.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, the zoo is inviting its supporters to help name the female cub through a donation-based voting contest that supports wildlife conservation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur team is thrilled to share this special moment with our community,\u201d said Stephanie Allard,\u00a0chief mission officer\u00a0at the Dallas Zoo. &#8220;This naming contest is a fun and impactful way for guests to connect with these incredible animals while directly supporting conservation efforts that protect tigers in the wild.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here are the steps to participate:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2. Select the naming contest on the Dallas Zoo homepage.<\/p>\n<p>4. Select your favorite name from the provided options.<\/p>\n<p>The name that receives the most donations will be chosen as the cub\u2019s official name. Voting is open until Monday, April 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Dallas Zoo has added two tiger cubs to the family \u2014 and you have the chance to help&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,87998,92896],"class_list":{"0":"post-242882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-headlines","10":"tag-dallas-news","11":"tag-tp-dallas","12":"tag-tp-dallas-zoo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}