[Penultima]

Adopted

African Lion

Username: vada vada
Name: Jasiri
Gender: Male
Height: 20 in
Weight: 44 lbs
Color: Extensively Masked Liver and Tan Shaded Sable Minimal Merle
Genotype: AyAy bb cchcch Dd EmEm hh Ii kyky Mhm SS tt UU ll

Prompt: Lions and Tigers and Panthers, oh my! To apply for this collie’s adoption, give this collie a fitting name and tell me why you chose that name. Bonus if it’s related to lions, big cats, Africa, pride, the theme, etc!

You can apply to all four Big Cat collies in this adoption release, but you may only win one!

Ends: September 13th

[Desmond]

Username: Desmond
Name: Scarface
Gender: Male
Prompt: Named for one of the most well-known wild lions in fairly recent history, Scarface, who got his name after taking an eye injury after a territorial battle. Not to be confused with Al Capone.

[werepickle]

Username: werepickle
Name: MSK King Of The Savanna ‘Tau’
Gender: male
Prompt:
African origins, Tau is a gender-neutral name meaning “lion.” and symbolizes strength and pride. Show name is named after where lions call home and roam.

[Kadayah]

Username: Kadayah
Name: Simba
Gender: male
Prompt: I named this collie after Simba from The Lion King, a classic and my favorite movie. I think the name suits well

[fleurs]

Username: fleurs
Name: Honor Your Roots | Madalitso
Gender: Female
Prompt: Named after the South African gender-neutral name, Madalitso, that means a blessed person.
Honor Your Roots is after the website I found the name from. I feel it flows nicely and goes along with this prompt's theme.

[Archaeopteryx.]

Username: Archaeopteryx.
Name: Floods of the Okavango Delta // Okavango
Gender: Female
Prompt: The Okavango Delta is a massive interior delta located in Botswana. It is a world heritage site, game reserve, and one of the seven natural wonders of Africa and observes regular, seasonal flooding, creating lagoons and watering holes that are perfect for the large fauna who call it home, including lions. This location is also a protected lion conservation area along with a neighboring national park.

[Kenjaku]

Username: Lath
Name: Boghound's Man Eater | Tsavo
Gender: Female
Prompt: The Tsavo Man-Eaters were a pair of man-eating male lions in the Tsavo region of Kenya, which were responsible for the deaths of many construction workers on the Kenya-Uganda Railway between March and December 1898. The lion pair was said to have killed 135 people.
It's also worth noting that they were maneless males.

[strangetales]

Username: strangetales
Name: maahes
Gender: male
Prompt: maahes is an egyptian god of war, protection and the weather and is depicted with a lion head. in a temple where he was worshipped, tame lions were kept as much like other felines, lions were sacred animals in ancient egypt. the male lion hieroglyphic was also used in words as prince, strenght and power.

[Firelight_AA]

Username: Firelight_AA
Name: Nala
Gender: Female
Prompt: Lion cubs are adorable!

[lore]

Username: vada vada
Name: Jasiri
Gender: Male
Prompt: Jasiri means ''brave'' in Swahili.I went with that name because lions are often associated with bravery and strength, and I also feel like that's a fitting description for this collie. I see him as a brave, fearless, and just dog, who would do anything for his pack (or should we say pride)