Stress From Fireworks Killed Baby Red Panda, Zoo in Scotland Says
The zoological society is now calling for greater restrictions on the extensive fireworks displays that are a trademark of Bonfire Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Night, the Nov. 5 celebration named after a participant in a failed plot in 1605 to kill King James I.
Fireworks cause tragic death of baby red panda at Edinburgh Zoo
Fireworks likely caused a baby red panda to become so stressed she choked on her vomit and died, experts from the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland said Thursday while pleading for tighter restrictions on the celebratory illuminations. Roxie, a 3-month-old red panda, died at the Edinburgh Zoo on Nov. 5 — known as Bonfire Night in the UK.
Three-month-old Roxie choked on her own vomit as fireworks were being set off across Edinburgh on Bonfire Night.
“Roxie had access to her den, but the frightening noises seem to have been too much for her,” said Ben Supple, deputy chief ...
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