Red Panda Day. The little female kit was born to parents Bruce and Ginger at Edinburgh Zoo in July. Having just been given her first-ever health check, staff at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland run attraction have decided to name her Ruby.
The news comes on the day set aside to celebrate these endangered creatures, Saturday, September 18. Staff at the wildlife conservation charity voted for her name from a shortlist drawn up by keepers as a thank you for their hard work over the last year.Carnivore keeper at Edinburgh Zoo, Jo Elliott said: “We wanted to give our kit a name which pays homage to red pandas and would also fit nicely with our previous kit’s name, Ruaridh. "The carnivore team came up with a shortlist of names and put it.
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