(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, Posted on Facebook on June 4th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is asking for the public’s help in suggesting a new name for their new 2-month-old female African lion cub that was born on April 5th to parents Scarlett and Hondo through an online contest.

The cub is the first child of those two parent lions.

Guests need to pay a donation of $5 and can submit a name for the cub on its website by clicking here. The naming contest will remain open for one month, from today to July 17th.

The zoo staff will review and vet the entries before selecting the winning name, and that name will be announced on the zoo’s social media channels.

The donations made will support the zoo’s ongoing initiatives in animal care, conservation, and education.

The cub will make her debut later this summer in the zoo’s African Savanna habitat.