Wednesday, January 18, 2012
CUMBERLAND, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio conservation center says its fans on social media sites have helped pick names for two cheetah cubs born in October.
A female cub and a male cub were born on Halloween at the Wilds in Cumberland, about 70 miles east of Columbus. The facility says their names will be Pipi and Roho, the Swahili words for “candy” and “ghost.”
The Wilds says it received more than 950 name suggestions through Facebook and Twitter before staff narrowed the list to a few finalists. The other options were Ruby and Max, Sabrina and Salem, or Wednesday and Pugsley.
The cheetah cubs were among dozens of animals born at the site in 2011. Visitors will be able to see them when tours begin again in May.