{"id":244175,"date":"2026-04-10T21:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/244175\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T21:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:48:08","slug":"dallas-zoo-calls-on-public-to-help-name-sumatran-tiger-cub-and-support-wildlife-conservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/244175\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Zoo calls on public to help name Sumatran tiger cub and support wildlife conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A female cub, one of a pair of cubs born this past February, is in need of a name and is at the center of a donation drive. <\/p>\n<p>DALLAS \u2014 Have you been waiting all your life to name a newborn Sumatran tiger cub? Now\u2019s your chance.<\/p>\n<p>The Dallas Zoo is calling on the public to help do just that. The zoo\u2019s 12-year-old Sumatran tiger Sukacita, which also goes by Suki, gave birth to two cubs in February, each weighing about 2.5 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Suki gave birth to a male and a female cub. The zoo is starting a naming contest for the female cub. The contest is donation-based and helps support wildlife conservation, the zoo said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>To participate, supporters can:<\/p>\n<p>Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/DallasZoo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">DallasZoo.com<\/a>Select the naming contest on the Dallas Zoo homepageMake a donationSelect their favorite name from the provided optionsSubmit their vote                    <\/p>\n<p>There are three names to choose from:<\/p>\n<p>Rina &#8211; in honor of Rina PA, a ranger in the Sumatran Ranger ProjectAlya \u2013 which means \u201csky\u201d or \u201cheaven\u201d in ArabicMerapi \u2013 name of the most active volcano in Sumatra                    <\/p>\n<p>The deadline for voting is April 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A female cub, one of a pair of cubs born this past February, is in need of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-244175","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"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244175","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=244175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}