Chinese zoo has hairy dog as lion

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Chinese zoo under fire for disguising hairy dog as lion

Agence France-Presse
Thursday, August 15th, 2013

BEIJING â€" A Chinese zoo’s supposed “African lion” was exposed as a fraud when the dog used as a substitute started barking.

The zoo in the People’s Park of Luohe, in the central province of Henan, replaced exotic exhibits with common species, according to the state-run Beijing Youth Daily.

It quoted a customer surnamed Liu who wanted to show her son the different sounds animals made â€" but he pointed out that the animal in the cage labelled “African lion” was barking.

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The beast was in fact a Tibetan mastiff â€" a large and long-haired breed of dog.

“The zoo is absolutely cheating us,” the paper quoted Liu, who was charged 15 yuan ($2.45) for the ticket, as saying. “They are trying to disguise the dogs as lions.”

Three other species housed incorrectly included two coypu rodents in a snake’s cage, a white fox in a leopard’s den, and another dog in a wolf pen.

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The chief of the park’s animal department, Liu Suya, told the paper that while it does have a lion, it had been taken to a breeding facility and the dog â€" which belonged to an employee â€" had been temporarily housed in the zoo over safety concerns.

Users of China’s Twitter-like Sina Weibo service mocked the zoo.

“This is not funny at all. It’s sad for both the zoo and the animals,” said one.

“They should at least use a husky to pretend to be a wolf,” said another.

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the tibetan mastiff


the african lion

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the tibetan mastiff has a gentler face.

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a lion-hearted tibetan mastiff puppy barking at an amazed lion

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It quoted a customer surnamed Liu who wanted to show her son the different sounds animals made â€" but he pointed out that the animal in the cage labelled “African lion” was barking.

if it barks, it must only be a dog.  or a wife.

if it whimpers, it must only be a husband who did not come home the night before.

no need for a zoo for both.

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The chief of the park’s animal department, Liu Suya, told the paper that while it does have a lion, it had been taken to a breeding facility and the dog â€" which belonged to an employee â€" had been temporarily housed in the zoo over safety concerns.

hehe, typical bureaucratese.  palusot.  no different from the chinese palusot at scarborough shoal.

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“They should at least use a husky to pretend to be a wolf,” said another.

duh, why not?


husky


wolf