Summary

A baby red panda named Roxie at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland died from “stress caused by fireworks” after choking on her vomit, just days after her mother’s sudden death.

The incident, occurring around the U.K.’s Bonfire Night celebrations, has led to renewed calls for stricter fireworks regulations.

A petition with over a million signatures urging restrictions on public fireworks sales was submitted to the U.K. government.

Edinburgh recently implemented limited fireworks control zones, but animal welfare advocates argue for broader measures to prevent similar tragedies.

  • @[email protected]
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    1117 months ago

    So the zoo loses 2 red pandas in a couple days and instead of investigating the conditions of their care, they blame it on the public being loud?

    There are easy ways to protect your pets from fireworks noise so this stinks of scapegoating for their own terrible care.

    • @[email protected]
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      237 months ago

      Has the mother also died from early Fireworks? Since when do fireworks cause vomiting…

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          7 months ago

          That’s true, but I think the real question here is why the red panda baby was allowed to choke on her own vomit… Not being watched, it seems.

          • @[email protected]
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            37 months ago

            A whole zoo of animals stressed out of their fucking mind, you think they had the staff to have one person with each animal to make sure they were ok?

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            147 months ago

            People don’t even watch their own babies 24/7, do you expect them to do it for baby red pandas?

          • ggppjj
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            17 months ago

            I’m genuinely shocked it wasn’t there and marked already.

      • @[email protected]
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        47 months ago

        Since vet experts claim that they do.

        "Veterinary experts at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland announced on Wednesday that a 3-month-old panda named Roxie died “due to stress caused by fireworks being let off across the city centre.”

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        37 months ago

        Even just bringing it an age limit is a good start. loads of kids buy tons of these fireworks after guy Fawkes and diwali because they are cheaper so it is more like two weeks of unending fireworks rather than two nights.

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      67 months ago

      instead of investigating the conditions

      Yea they should have sent some vet experts to investigate. Oh wait…

      "Veterinary experts at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland announced on Wednesday that a 3-month-old panda named Roxie died “due to stress caused by fireworks being let off across the city centre.”

      Ofcourse they could always just be there to burry evidence to further their holy crusade against fireworks!

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        17 months ago

        Ofcourse they could always just be there to burry evidence to further their holy crusade against fireworks! hide negligence.

        Ftfy

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          7 months ago

          yea with a bunch of veterinary surgeons, nurses and zoology professors at their service, I am sure they were still not able to come up with a fake reason that your keen eyes were not able to spot immediately.