{"id":665758,"date":"2026-01-01T00:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T00:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/665758\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T00:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T00:37:12","slug":"edinburgh-zoo-penguin-parade-postponed-for-foreseeable-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/665758\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Zoo penguin parade postponed for foreseeable future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The event, which sees penguins walk next to their enclosure, takes place on weekends and is a \u201cfirm favourite\u201d with visitors.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Jo Elliot, curator for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/topics\/royal-zoological-society-of-scotland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Zoological Society<\/a> for Scotland (RZSS), said: \u201cDue to an increased risk of avian influenza in the UK we have made the decision to postpone our Wee Waddle for the foreseeable future.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghzoo.org.uk\/penguin-wee-waddle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Several years ago<\/a>, the parade was halted over similar concerns.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>Read more:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  When the UK was declared to be free of avian influenza in May 2024, the penguins were again allowed to explore outside of their usual habitat.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Elliot added: \u201cWe have strengthened our bio-security measures on-site, increasing the amount of disinfection points to keep all of our bird species safe from the virus.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWhile we know the Wee Waddle is a firm favourite with our visitors, protecting all of our animals is always our top priority.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The event, which sees penguins walk next to their enclosure, takes place on weekends and is a \u201cfirm&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-665758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115817051160413414","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}