Orphaned Grizzly Cubs Given Names

The two Wyoming grizzly bear cubs that were orphaned when their mother was euthanized now have names. The two cubs were taken to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo where the public was given the opportunity to name them. The zoo provided a list of 10 names and the two chosen by the public were Cheyenne and Jackson.

The list of names were posted on the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's website. The names Cheyenne and Jackson were the immediate favorites and stayed the favorites in 10 days of voting. Jackson was the clear favorite for the name of the male with 43% of the votes and Cheyenne received 42% of the votes for the female name. A total of 2,779 votes were cast from 41 states.

Cheyenne and Jackson are approximately seven months old and weigh almost 85lbs. They arrived in Cleveland in August after their mother was euthanized. The mother had been captured three times in the Shosone River Valley located in Northern Wyoming and had damaged an outbuilding and had gotten into bird feeders and livestock feed.