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Nisha said:
Where have they announced it?
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On Facebook:

On Friday 6th October, one of our volunteers, Sina Graham is hosting a special fundraising dinner. The dinner will raise funds for RZSS to support extending our sun bear enclosure and also Charlie’s Old Codgers Foundation who take care of older pets when their owners can no longer care for them. RZSS works with a range of partners to help conserve Sun Bears, a species that is vulnerable in the wild.

Funds raised at this dinner will help to support our work and undertake improvements to the Sun Bear habitat at Edinburgh Zoo.

Tickets for this special dinner are priced at £50 per person or £450 for a table of ten. For more information and to book tickets, please contact Sina via her e-mail: sinagraham@gmail.com
 
pipaluk said:
It didn't seem that bad to me!
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Personally I think it's currently one of Edinburgh's better enclosures. The aviaries at the rear of the enclosure were demolished some time ago, so I would assume they will expand the enclosure to the rear to create more space for the bears.
 
Dylan said:
The terror of a giant panda
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giant pandas are bears and they can be extremely dangerous, especially if a person was trapped in a confined space with one as this girl was. Their favourite method of attack (in humans) seems to be to go for the legs with their jaws, and then use their body to pin the person down while they continue ripping into the legs. Like a wrestler but with crushing teeth.

Here's a handy catalogue of panda attacks:December 2016, China

That page is for the most recent post from December last year and includes a description of the received injuries: "Wei’s hamstrings, as well as the carpal bones in both of his hands were broken, and nearly a third of his left palm was bitten off."

Another from March 2014: "Gaun’s injuries included leg and ankle fractures, as well as severed arteries. He required 7 hours of surgery and a 57 day hospital stay. ... [he] was lucky enough to avoid an amputation, but he may be incapable of working in the future."
 
Interesting they have kept this quiet, no doubt planning if all goes well to announce the birth, and if not, just to carry on as normal (after all the previous hulabaloo).

Sounds like someone has tipped off the EEN and they've used FOI with the Scot Govt to get some facts
 
Tian Tian will not be giving birth today as estimated unfortunately.
New information from Times and Star,BBC and AMP suggest that the process could continue into late September.
 
Visited today:

  • Renovations have begun in the former Barbary Macaque enclosure, no signs up to advise what is going in here
  • Brilliant Birds is still closed, although it looks close to being completed
  • A Lowland Nyala calf has been born, African Plains has been temporarily split into 2 sections, I'm assuming to keep the Grevy's Zebra separate from the calf
  • A Visayan Spotted Deer fawn has been born
All in a very nice visit on a mild Sunday morning/afternoon in Edinburgh :)
 
Quincey said:
Visited today:

  • Renovations have begun in the former Barbary Macaque enclosure, no signs up to advise what is going in here
  • Brilliant Birds is still closed, although it looks close to being completed
  • A Lowland Nyala calf has been born, African Plains has been temporarily split into 2 sections, I'm assuming to keep the Grevy's Zebra separate from the calf
  • A Visayan Spotted Deer fawn has been born
All in a very nice visit on a mild Sunday morning/afternoon in Edinburgh :)
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I forgot to mention that also at least one Rock Hyrax pup has been born.
 
I visited Edinburgh for the first time on Wednesday and had a lovely day – we spent six hours there and still didn't (quite) see everything. The hilly landscape is delightful and I envied the chimps their view from up high. We saw the rear end of the male panda, and the koala with her joey – now confirmed as a male, we were told by a volunteer (all the vols were great, by the way). We managed to spot both the Scottish wildcat and also the margay, having a wash-and-brush-up on top of its box. I particularly liked things I hadn't seen before – a pygmy chameleon, mud skippers, young rheas, and the crowned lemurs. And wallabies in the walkthrough, with joeys in pouches. The food was probably the best I've ever had in a zoo (not saying much I know!) – again, helped by very pleasant staff. Excellent day out.
 
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