Four months after her birth, with more than a thousand suggestions submitted by the public, Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium has named its new lion cub just in time for World Lion Day.
On Aug. 10, the zoo celebrated the day with lion enrichment, story time at the Safari Amphitheater and the reveal of the cub’s name.
With more than 1,000 suggestions to chose from, here’s the name keepers picked.
What did Pittsburgh Zoo name its lion cub? What does the name mean?
Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium’s lion cub has been named Kiazi, a name chosen from the 1,141 suggestions submitted by the public because of the cub’s family history and her African heritage, zoo officials said in an Aug. 10 press release…