A baby red panda has died due to “stress caused by fireworks” after choking on her own vomit just five days after her mother died, according to an animal rights group.

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.

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 called Roxie has died at Edinburgh Zoo after suffering from ‘firework stress’. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) announced that the three-month-old baby panda had choked on her own vomit after they claim fireworks on Bonfire Night in the city caused the animal to become stressed.

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.

Animal campaigners are calling for a ban on the public sale of fireworks after a 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,