A famous UK zoo has slammed the use of fireworks after a terrified three month old red panda died from the noise of the explosions. Experts claim Roxie, a baby red panda at Edinburgh Zoo choked on her own vomit and died because of her reaction to fireworks in the area.

Roxie, a three-month-old baby red panda, died at Edinburgh Zoo due to stress caused by fireworks being let off in the city centre on Bonfire Night, veterinary experts believe

Edinburgh Zoo staff have slammed the widespread use of fireworks in the city after Guy Fawkes Night explosions literally scared their baby red panda to death. A public petition calling for tighter restrictions on the use of fireworks and signed by more than a million people was delivered to the UK Government last week.