Giant panda shocked by electric fence in Scotland zoo
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - APRIL 15: Yang Guang, the Giant Panda, eats bamboo in its enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo on April 15, 2014 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The female Panda Tian Tian was artificially inseminated by staff at Edinburgh Zoo on Sunday following
LONDON - A giant panda has learned the hard way that his new enclosure is protected by an electric fence.
Visitors at Edinburgh Zoo were worried Tuesday after watching male panda Yang Guang run back to his den after being zapped by the barrier.
The panda and his partner Tian Tian, the only giant pandas in the UK, were moved out of their glass-walled enclosure earlier this month.
Their new home was supposed to be a peaceful respite from noisy building work on a nearby former hospital.
Zookeepers stress the electric fence is there for the safety of both the animals and the public.
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, which owns Edinburgh Zoo, said Yang Guang had one shock from the electric fence but will soon learn to avoid it.