Baby Panda
Help the zoo name the baby panda!
October 01, 2007 Filed in: Giant Panda
SAN DIEGO – Step right up and name the baby panda. The San Diego Zoo is asking visitors to suggest names for the female panda born August 3rd. Starting Sunday, Oct. 5, zoo guests have 10 days to submit names for the newborn. Suggestions should be in Chinese (using the English alphabet, not Chinese characters), have an English translation and be symbolic in meaning.
The zoo's panda team will choose several names from those suggested and the semi-finalists will be reviewed by the Chinese Wildlife Conservation Association.
The approved finalists will be posted later this month on the zoo's Web site, www.sandiegozoo.org, for a final vote by the public, zoo officials said.
This is a new twist on naming pandas. In 1999, China named the zoo's first cub Hua Mei, or “China USA.” San Diego zoo officials named the second cub, born in 2003, Mei Sheng or “Born in the USA.” In 2005, five names were posted on the Internet for public voting. Su Lin, or “A little bit of something very cute,” was the winning name.
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