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Zoo 'threat to Kidnapped site'

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From: The Scotsman
Date: 20070317
Author:EBEN HARRELL

ROBERT Louis Stevenson could imagine no more dramatic a location for two dear friends to part company than the windswept spot with stunning views of Edinburgh.

But conservationists last night claimed Corstorphine Hill - site of the famous "Rest-and-Be-Thankful" spot immortalised in Stevenson's classic novel Kidnapped - was under threat from lions, tigers, reptiles, penguins and a ring-tailed lemur.

Edinburgh City Council has agreed to strip land owned by the capital's zoo of its green-belt status - potentially allowing it to be sold to housing developers.

The zoo wants to sell the land for ...

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