Fireworks that went off during November 5’s Bonfire Night celebrations in Scotland caused a baby red panda at Edinburgh Zoo to die from stress. Roxie, a three-month-old kit, fatally choked on her vomit, five days after her mother Ginger’s death, according to the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS)."Roxie had recently lost her mum Ginger but was responding well to specialist care from our expert team and was feeding independently. Very sadly, she choked on her vomit on Bonfire Night and our vets believe this was probably a reaction to fireworks,” Ben Supple, RZSS deputy chief executive, said in a statement. don’t naturally occur in Scotland, or anywhere outside Asia for good measure. These elusive Ailurids’ native habitat extends from the Eastern Himalayas to southwestern China.Roxie, born in July, was the fourth captive red panda at Edinburgh Zoo, which is run by the RZSS. The country got its fifth from Whipsnade Zoo in England, in October. However, within a period of five days, two of them were lost."We know that fireworks can cause stress to other animals in the zoo and we cannot rule out that they may have contributed to the untimely death of Roxie’s mother Ginger, just five days earlier" Supple said.The city of Edinburgh enforced a ban on fireworks in four areas over the course of 10 days starting November 1, the day right after Ginger died. However, the part where the zoo is located didn’t observe any such restrictions.Even though Roxie, who was beginning to get on with life after October 31, was free to move in and out of her den on Bonfire Night, Supple said she couldn’t stand the "frightening noises".The reported that the fateful night of November 5 was marked by disorder across Edinburgh, where authorities have since made multiple arrests on charges related to fireworks offences, which included attacks on the police and firefighters.
