A baby red panda at Edinburgh zoo choked on her own vomit in terror at the fireworks last week

I haven't seen the video but I'm in Edinburgh too.
I'm guessing it took place in Niddrie 🙄

all of these people that are fire work enthusiasts please explain what is wrong with limiting it to only public large displays? that way it would be for one night rather then the full month at a arranged time so it does not last all night either

Ah it was just a red panda wasn’t it? Who gives a fuck? 🙄 I do.

MN is full of posters who simply post for attention a lot of the time. They must get some sort of warped joy posting shit.

Fireworks should be banned, I never understand why some people get joy out of setting off things that bang and light up the sky for a few seconds. Just buy silent ones if you want to see them light up sky, anyone that sets off fireworks knowing that it affects many people and animals is selfish imo. The same goes for Chinese lanterns or balloon releases, there’s a certain type of person who has no shits to give letting off any of these things….

I saw a silent firework display, set to music, in Italy. It was absolutely stunning.

I usually hate fireworks because the noise makes me really anxious. I enjoyed this one so much though.

There were complaints about a local display because silent fireworks had been sent by mistake. If they’d stuck some music on, I think it would’ve been a hit.

One dog collapsed and died around our end from the stress that the fireworks caused and another had a stroke.
It wouldn't be so bad if there was just one public event per locality on bonfire night however, they've been going off since Halloween here. I don't know how people afford them as they're so expensive and they are always a bit crap really.
With so much dog ownership and obsession now, I'm really surprised there hasn't been more of a call to end them. It really put my dog off going on walks 🙍

I would just ban fireworks. They cause more trouble than they're worth. They can also be an excuse for scumbags to go on the absolute rampage, placing huge unnecessary stress on the emergency services. I work at a secondary school in a city; due to our proximity to a deprived area where there is total carnage every Guy Fawkes, the Council ordered us to leave the school building by 4pm. Afterschool provision in the primaries was either cancelled or cut short, I can't remember.
In my opinion, it's ridiculous that this particular day of the year is even still a thing.

My personal feeling is that fireworks should only be available on sale to individuals with an appropriate licence to run organised shows. But then I did once have a young thug throw a lit firework under my car as I was driving out of work, so I may be biased.

Makes me sad to think of the terror faced by babies and children getting
bombed in Gaza for the past year. With nothing to protect them other than a flimsy tent. The trauma must be beyond belief.

My thoughts precisely.

It’s disgusting. I live in Edinburgh and there were a bunch of really horrible incidents with gangs of marauding men/boys causing havoc with fireworks etc. There was a really horrific video where a firework was put through an innocent family’s letterbox and you can see an explosion through the window. Terrifying. The sooner they are banned the better.

Fireworks shouldn’t be on sale to the general public. That doesn’t mean you couldn’t still have proper licensed events in appropriate places. There would still be noise but it would be predictable and contained. Banning them for sale to the general public would avoid the week+ of fireworks going off at all hours, being launched at police, fire services and businesses and sold on to children.

It makes me so angry. Fireworks were going off yesterday here and not just one or two. They went on for about 5-6 minutes. They start on Nov 1st and Nov 12th we still them. There should be a law saying only 5th November and no other days.

So they’ve had two red pandas die in a short space of time? That’s incredibly sad.

@OptimismvsRealism sorry OP, but unfortunately, it is a waste of time trying to get the point across. I completely agree with you, and fireworks should be banned from sale to the general public.

People don't care because they love the big loud bangs, and the oohs and aahs, and the shiny bright lights, and you can't argue with that sort of stupid.

Do you also let off balloons to "fly high"?

Mind those hairy feet and hands don't get caught by a stray spark.

If you search red panda baby dies, fireworks, Edinburgh you can find an article explaining. They were doing a post mortem on the mum, Ginger, and now think stress from fireworks may have been a cause. They had hoped the baby, Roxie would survive her mum’s death, she was doing well, but she died on Bonfire Night.

Too many animals and people suffer because of people wanting to hear loud bangs, and high pitched roars of fireworks.

All news articles with this say it’s the baby.

Yes they should be banned.
I can’t see what benefit the event is except companies make money

The whole reason behind it is horrible as well

Yeah, I don't think there's any truth in this.
The mother red panda died. The baby is still alive.
ETA that was based on PP screenshot, apologies.

This rather suggests it.