The prize winner could choose to feed Yang Guang, one of the zoo’s giant pandas, or its penguins THE Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has launched a prize draw, giving donors the chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime experience, with exclusive access to Edinburgh Zoo and an opportunity to feed the animals. The wildlife conservation charity is giving one lucky winner and their loved ones the keys to the zoo after hours, to go behind the scenes with the animals. This will be followed by an overnight stay in the iconic Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh – The Caledonian, situated in the heart of the city centre. David Field, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland CEO, said: “Thankfully we have been able to reopen Edinburgh Zoo, but being closed for over five months has cost our charity more than £2 million.
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The Curious About Our Planet event will highlight WWF s efforts in protecting polar bears. Photograph: Richard Barrett/WWF-UK
Glasgow Science Centre s first digital festival hopes to inspire conversation – and seek solutions – on the climate change crisis. By Colin Cardwell WE VE been aware of Earth’s biodiversity crisis for decades – its urgency confirmed in 1964 when the International Union for Conservation of Nature published its red list of endangered species. Climate change now is the most serious long-term cause, creating chaos in ecosystems across the planet. It is appropriate, then, that Glasgow Science Centre (GSC) is partnering with experts from WWF, the world’s leading conservation organisation, for a series of talks and live Q&As on the impacts of, and solutions to, climate change as part of Curious About Our Planet, GSC’s first digital science festival.