- Public will pick between four names – Artor, Hamish, MacKinnon and Poulsen
- Cub was born at Highland Wildlife Park in Scotland just before Christmas
- Hamish is the current frontrunner but Artor nod to the cub’s father Arktos
The first polar bear cub born in Britain for 25 years has delighted the country with his antics since his birth just before Christmas.
And now the nation will get to choose his name after keepers asked the public to vote on social media.
The cub was born at Highland Wildlife Park, and a shortlist of names – Artor, Hamish, MacKinnon and Poulsen – has been drawn up by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.
The nation will pick between a choice of four names – Artor, Hamish, MacKinnon and Poulsen – to call the first polar bear born in the UK for 25 years (pictured)
Poulsen is in tribute to bear behaviourist Else Poulsen, who worked at the park, while MacKinnon was put forward in memory of a supporter of the society.
Artor is a Pictish name for a bear and a nod to the cub’s father Arktos, and Hamish – the current front-runner – is said to be ‘ideal for a polar bear born in the Highlands’. The poll is open on the park’s Facebook page until Thursday.
A spokesman at the park, near Kingussie, Inverness-shire, said: ‘We need your help.
‘The keepers have whittled down the options and would like our visitors and supporters to vote.’
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