Edinburgh Zoo is calling for tighter restrictions on fireworks after a 17-week-old red panda died on Bonfire Night.<br /><br />Roxie, who was born at the zoo in July, choked on her vomit on November 5 and veterinary experts believe this was likely a reaction to fireworks being set off across the city centre.<br /><br />Staff at the zoo also suggested that loud fireworks could have played a role in the ‘untimely death’ of Roxie’s mum Ginger, who died five days earlier.<br /><br />The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), who operate the zoo, is now urging the public to contact their MP and MSP to support a petition in favour of limiting the use of fireworks in a bid to ‘avoid devastating consequences for animals like Roxie’.<br />
