Tag: Zoo

FIRST footage of UK’s new polar bear cub swimming

Local News

Deadline News Journalist - April 2, 2018

ADORABLE footage shows the UK’s only polar bear cub swimming with its mother for the first time. The keepers said it was a ‘heart pounding...

“Run free Peggy” – Zoo heartbroken as brown bear rescued from travelling circus put to sleep

In Brief

Kirsty Stewart - September 27, 2017

HUNDREDS of animals lovers have paid tribute to a brown bear which has been put down five years after being rescued from a travelling...

Edinburgh Zoo keeper under investigation over social media post saying that police are “dirty pigs”

In Brief

Kirsty Stewart - September 1, 2017

A KEEPER at Edinburgh Zoo is being urgently investigated over social media posts which called police "dirty pigs" and discussed the sexual attraction of...

Blair Drummond reveals its only male tiger, Genghis, has been put to sleep

In Brief

Kirsty Stewart - June 30, 2017

SCOTLAND'S biggest safari park has revealed that it put down its only male tiger following a "sudden deterioration" in the animal's health. Genghis, a 19-year-old...

Sun-loving Stumpy the lemur hits a record 31st birthday

In Brief

Kirsty Stewart - June 14, 2017

A LEMUR is celebrating the human equivalent of his 217th birthday - thanks in part to a love of sunbathing. Stumpy turned 31 today, making...

Zoo warns Pokemon Go fanatics not to climb into enclosures

In Brief

Kirsty Stewart - August 10, 2016

EDINBURGH Zoo has warned Pokemon Go fanatics not to jump into animal enclosures. The iconic attraction told gamers they won't tolerate visitors hopping over fences...

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