Vote To Help Name African Painted Dog Puppy at Brookfield Zoo

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 first born in the litter)

Voting begins Thursday and will continue through May 20 at 5 p.m. The name will be announced on May 21.

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