Edinburgh zoo may have to send giant pandas back to China

Financial pressure from Covid leaves zoo struggling to afford 1m-a-year lease

Edinburgh zoo's giant pandas may have to return to China next year at the end of its 10-year contract with the Chinese government, due to financial pressures.

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, which runs Edinburgh zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park, faced enormous financial pressure when it was forced to close for three months during the summer.