What Should Those 2 Rescued Mountain Lion Cubs From Burbank Be Named?

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Consider this your daily dose of "awwwww": Remember those two mountain lion cubs found starving and dehydrated under a parked car in Burbank? They've been recuperating in Paso Robles at Zoo to You, where they will get back into their best health--but also become partially domesticated, which means they aren't going to be released back into the Verdugo Mountains from which they came.

It's likely the two cubs, now known as "No. 1" and "No. 2" will "be tapped to make appearances" at schools and universities, explains the Burbank Leader, as part of Zoo to You's outreach program. But their current names, while convenient, aren't exactly unique and euphonious, so Zoo to You is looking for suggestions for names.

Zoo to You director David Jackson "said he would like a name that indicates the mountain lions' connection to the area." Okay, Burbankophiles, this is your big chance.

The Leader is funneling suggestions in a little contest:

Submit your suggestions to the online comment area of this column, on the Burbank Leader Facebook page, www.facebook.com/BurbankLeader, or send me an email. If Jackson's group chooses your name, we'll give you $20 in gift cards to either Starbucks or iTunes.

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By Lindsay William-Ross in News on January 9, 2012 9:29 AM 0 Comments

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Mindy O'Bric

I vote for Verdugo and Tuna! I can't help but wonder where Mama Kitty is.... especially since we hike all over that area!

Paula Almquist

Rosa and Carl

CAPtioned

Verdugo and Tuna, after their mountain home range -- very sad that they can't be re-educated into the wild, like condors, and live the life they were meant to live, not neurotic extensions of little housepet-cats....

Donna Madden

Gene and Autrey

pushpins

Mufasa and Scar

MARGARET WYNN

Olive and Rose.

Sharon Houston

Micheline and Firestone

Camille

Orange and Grove.

Will Campbell

Gawd, by "connection to the area" I wish the Zoo To You director meant the region at large, since the cats connection to Burbank is one that brings to mind the shameful abuse against the cubs by idiot residents of that city.

Tilda_den_vilda

Burma and Bankie :)

Tilda_den_vilda

Burma and Bankie :)

Michelle Hass

Grip and Gaffer

randilicious

scratchy and bitey

Beta Recorder

Instead of a gift card Id rather pet and play with the cubs just for a few minutes. Thats something most people will never get to do in their lifetime.