Help Name the Little Guy
Vote for a Panda Cub Name
Vote for a giant panda cub name, and you could win a trip to the Smithsonian's National Zoo, with an exclusive opportunity to meet the pandas.
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The National Zoo proudly welcomed a male giant panda cub on July 9. Born to parents Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, the cub is spending the first months of its life with its mother in a den inside the Fujifilm Giant Panda Habitat.
Highlighting the National Zoo's achievements in science, the panda birth is a result of a successful artificial insemination procedure conducted by the Zoo's world-renowned scientists. The birth is significant because the giant panda is a critically endangered species; only 1,600 pandas remain in the wild.
Now, we need your help. To celebrate the birth, we invite you to vote for the name you would like for the cub. The name given to the cub will be the one that receives the highest number of votes.
The official name will be announced when the cub is 100 days old. Details on the cub's debut will be posted on this website.
The naming vote takes place through September 30, 2005.
Vote today!
Win a Visit With the Pandas
One lucky person, randomly selected among all voters, will receive a trip for two to Washington, D.C., with round-trip air transportation on American Airlines, hotel accommodations provided by the Omni Shoreham, Fujifilm, and Animal Planet prizes, and a private, up-close visit with the pandas.
See the contest rules.