{"id":671862,"date":"2026-01-03T20:25:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/671862\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T20:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:25:19","slug":"penguin-parade-cancelled-at-edinburgh-zoo-over-bird-flu-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/671862\/","title":{"rendered":"Penguin parade cancelled at Edinburgh Zoo over bird flu risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Scottish zoo has cancelled a popular tourist attraction due to an increased risk of avian influenza.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bosses at Edinburgh Zoo have postponed the Wee Waddle, an event where penguins parade along a walkway next to their enclosure, amid fears bird flu is on the rise in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The event generally takes place several times a week and is described as a \u201cfirm favourite\u201d with visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Jo Elliot, curator for the Royal Zoological Society 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.<\/p>\n<p>\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.<\/p>\n<p>\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<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758059248_2_whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Scottish zoo has cancelled a popular tourist attraction due to an increased risk of avian influenza. Bosses&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-671862","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\/115833046710758543","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671862","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=671862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}