The three-month-old red panda cub named Roxie died on Bonfire Night at her enclosure. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), which runs the zoo, has said there was “probably” a link to fireworks being let off in the city centre and the death.

A baby red panda was frightened to death by fireworks on Bonfire Night, zoo owners have claimed. Vets blame the death of three-month-old cub Roxie on fireworks being set off near Edinburgh Zoo after she choked on her own vomit in shock, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) said.

Three-month-old Roxie died just five days after her mother, Ginger, with keepers adding fireworks "may have contributed" in the red panda's "untimely" death