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Vote To Help Name African Painted Dog Puppy At Brookfield Zoo
The zoo's animal care staff has narrowed the list down to four names and you can now vote online.
CHICAGO (CBS) — One of the Brookfield Zoo’s seven African painted dog puppies still needs a name and you can help. The zoo’s animal care staff has narrowed the list down to four names and you can now vote online.
The name choices are:
- Kashyyyk (pronounced KA-sheek) — name of a planet in Star Wars
- Shaki (pronounced shah-KEY) — means “shark” in Chewa, which is from the Bantu language in Zimbabwe, where African painted dogs are native
- Taya (pronounced TA-yah) — means “jaws” in Swahili
- Kwanza—means “first” in Swahili (he was the firstborn in the litter)
