A SCOTTISH Government advert, welcoming two pandas to Edinburgh Zoo, has been criticised by the advertising regulator.
While the Advertising Standards Authority rejected two complaints – by Animal Concern and Scotland for Animals – it upheld a third, that the pandas arrived in return for a contribution towards panda conservation in China, and so the animals did not, in its view, therefore constitute a ‘gift’.
In terms of action, says the ASA: “The ad must not appear again in its current form. We told the Scottish Government not to imply in future that the pandas at Edinburgh Zoo were provided without payment.”
