A popular Scottish wildlife park has shared more adorable images of its polar bear cub – including one where the cheeky little ball of fur can be seen sticking his tongue out for the camera.
The UK's youngest polar bear was born at the Highland Wildlife Park in December and has just emerged from the birthing den where he spent the festive period and the month of January snuggled up with his mother Victoria.
Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) run site near Kingussie is offering people the chance to meet and name the three-month-old cub, after a prize draw was launched last week to help build Scotland’s Wildlife Discovery Centre at the park.
With just one week left to enter, The RZSS said that every donation made to the draw will be doubled thanks to one of the wildlife conservation charity’s generous supporters, with the winner helping keepers choose the perfect name for the three-month-old male cub.
You can find out more about the prize draw and enter for just £5 at crowdfunder.co.uk/name-our-cub. Entries close on March 17.
Public viewing is still closed to give Victoria and her youngster lots of peace and quiet. In a few weeks, the cub will be introduced to his large outdoor enclosure, where the public will be able to try and spot him.
The younger brother of the now famous Hamish, who became the first polar bear cub born in the UK in the last 25 years, the cub was the product of the pairing of mum Victoria and Dad Arktos.
Scotland’s Wildlife Discovery Centre will cost £5.6 million in total and is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, intentions to award from the Natural and Cultural Heritage Fund, led by NatureScot and supported by the European Development Fund (ERDF), and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, as well as players of People's Postcode Lottery and SSE Renewables.
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