Fireworks likely caused the death of a baby red panda at Edinburgh Zoo after she became so stressed that she choked on her own vomit, experts from the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) said on Thursday.

Animal campaigners are calling for a ban on the public sale of fireworks after Roxie the baby red panda was thought to have died from stress related to the noise.

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.