Edinburgh Zoo faces backlash

EDINBURGH Zoo has revealed female giant panda Tian Tian is “likely” to have reabsorbed her foetus.

The institution added it will now review its breeding programme over the past five years but remained “hopeful” a cub would be produced.

The zoo has faced a backlash on its Facebook page since announcing Tian Tian’s pregnancy had ended in failure.

Dozens of animal lovers have urged the zoo to abandon its panda breeding programme and accused it of putting profit before the welfare of Tian Tian. A Royal Zoological Society of Society (RZSS) spokeswoman said: “We are currently investigating how far the pregnancy developed.”