Haggis the pygmy hippo is moving to another zoo as part of the breeding programme for the endangered species. Visitors to Edinburgh Zoo have until Sunday 26 October to see the hippo before she leaves.

In the wild, young pygmy hippos leave their parents when they are around one year old. As Haggis approaches her first birthday on 30 October, she is already starting to distance herself from mum Gloria.

Jonny Appleyard, hoofstock team leader with Royal Zoological Society of Scotland in Edinburgh, said: “Although we will be sad to see Haggis go, she is off to play her part in the breeding programme for this rare species. Pygmy hippos don’t reach sexual maturity until three to five years old so it will be a while before she might have her own little one.

“Despite only being a year old, Haggi

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