The Year of the Tiger

THE CHINESE New Year Festival will offer a programme of event. The celebrations in Edinburgh are coordinated by Edinburgh Tourism Action Group (ETAG) and supported by Heriot Watt University's Scottish Confucius Institute for Business and Communication.

Edinburgh Zoo's two critically endangered Sumatran Tigers, Dharma and Lucu, are visitor favourites and can be spotted on the wildlife conservation charity's free online webcams.

Lucu was on hand for a quiet photo call and was very cooperative in eating the enrichment provided in a special box before being hand fed by the

Lord Provost and the Chinese Consul General of Edinburgh, Ma Qiang.

The Consul General, who has not been back home to China since his arrival in Edinburgh in autumn 2019 explained: “The tiger represents ambiton, strength, courage and overcoming evil - which we need in