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Orange County Zoo Holding Naming Contest For Mountain Lion Cubs
The female mountain lion cubs were found alone near a Thousand Oaks office park in November, zoo officials said.
ORANGE, CA — The Orange County Zoo is asking for the public's help in figuring out what it should name a pair of mountain lion sister cubs rescued by the zoo in November.
The zoo is holding a voting contest through June 6, where people can choose their favorite of five pairs of names under consideration. The zoo narrowed down the list of names for the 7-month-old cubs after receiving more than 1,500 suggestions, OC Zoo officials said.
The naming pairs up for consideration are:
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- Nala and Sarabi
- Sierra and Sequoia
- Sage and Poppy
- Estrella and Luna
- Lucy and Ethel
Residents can submit their votes for the names online.
The mountain lion cubs have been cared for by the zoo since they were found alone as young kittens with two other siblings near a Thousand Oaks office complex on Nov. 29, 2021, the OC Zoo said. The kittens were either abandoned or orphaned.
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Two of the kittens died shortly after being taken to a veterinarian, while the other two were sent to the OC Zoo.
"Mountain lions typically stay with their mothers and learn to hunt for approximately one to two years," OC Zoo officials said. "Due to their extremely young ages, the cubs would likely not survive in the wild and will remain at the OC Zoo."
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