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Baby red panda dies due to 'stress caused by fireworks,' renewing calls to ban their public sale (abcnews.go.com)

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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 109 points 1 month 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.

[-] Fuzzy_Red_Panda@lemm.ee 23 points 1 month 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 13 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[-] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago

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

[-] ggppjj@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago

It was probably just missed

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month 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."

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 12 points 1 month ago

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

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month 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 5 points 1 month ago

instead of investigating the conditions

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

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

[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

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

Ftfy

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[-] Benjaben@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

Yeah this sounds REAL off.

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