Fota Wildlife Park launches public contest to name four new Cheetah cubs

Fota Wildlife Park today announced the birth of four Northern cheetah cubs, a sub species which is considered endangered by the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as there are less than 700 Northern cheetahs left in the wild.

To celebrate the birth of the Northern cheetah Cubs, Fota Wildlife Park are running a public contest to name the cubs. Members of the public can suggest a name for one of the cubs via the online form below, and each entrant will be in with a chance to win one of four Conservation annual passes to Fota Wildlife Park.

The four cubs were born on the 26th of February to mother Gráinne and father Sam. The cub’s mother Gráinne is six years old and was born in Fota Wildlife Park. The cub’s father Sam was born in the Wadi Al Safa Wildlife Centre, Dubai, UAE and came to Fota in 2017.