Edinburgh Zoo is at the centre of a growing row over its links with a controversial gay and transgender rights group which was once led by a paedophile.
Bosses at the popular tourist attraction said ‘engaging’ with LGBT Youth Scotland (LGBTYS) provides it with access to staff equality training, as part of a drive to ensure visitors and employees ‘feel safe and welcome’.
It is the latest organisation to sign up to the group’s charter despite accusations that it promotes radical trans ‘ideology’.
The Mail revealed earlier this year that Police Scotland had paid LGBTYS more than £3,500 for training courses - and for 500 ‘purple button badges’ to show solidarity with the gay and trans community.
Now a campaign group is calling for members of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), a wildlife conservation charity which runs the zoo, to raise their concern with zoo managers.
