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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.

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 112 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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.

[–] Fuzzy_Red_Panda@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

Red panda infants are pretty fragile and often don’t survive in captivity. I would assume the mom passed away from complications due to birthing, but it could be anything.

[–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Stress can cause vomiting, hell it can cause it in humans!

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For a second I thought this was Reddit with all the armchairing. Holy crap

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Armchair zoologist, that's a new one to add to the bingo board

[–] ggppjj@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

It was probably just missed

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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."

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Haven't you heard? Expertise doesn't matter anymore, and any rando on the internet's view is just as valid as an expert's (and my buddy's view on it is even more valid).

I truly wish that I could say this was a joke.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, why ban something when you can just have area bans?

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year 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.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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!

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

Ftfy

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Exactly. All they had to do was buy a couple of earplugs. And they call themselves professionals... Hah.

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah this sounds REAL off.