Help the Oregon Zoo name otter pups
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Zoo wants the public to help vote on the names of two new otter pups born at the zoo four weeks ago.
One of the pups is a boy and the other is a girl. Their mother’s name is Tilly and they weigh about two pounds each.
Votes will be accepted here through April 5 and the names will be announced April 6.
For the female pup, keepers are considering the following names (and nicknames):
- Abiqua (Abby): a Pudding River tributary originating in the Cascades foothills near Lookout Mountain.
- Calapooia (Cali): a Willamette tributary that flows generally northwest from its source near Tidbits Mountain.
- Nehalem (Nellie): a river that flows nearly 120 miles from the Coast Range down to Nehalem Bay.
For the male pup, keepers have narrowed it down to the following:
- Nestucca (Tucker): a forested river near the coast, known for its steelhead and salmon.
- John Day (J.D.): a Columbia tributary that is undammed along its entire 284 miles – the third-longest free-flowing river in the contiguous U.S.
- Wallooskee (Skeeter): a 10-mile tributary of the Youngs River in northwest Oregon.