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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Zoo in China Tried to Pass Off This Dog as an African Lion
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And they would have gotten away with it too, if the dog hadn't started barking.
A zoo in the eastern Chinese city of Luohe was caught trying to substitute a large Tibetan mastiff for a full-size African lion, but claimed it had a good reason for the switcheroo.
Liu Suya, director of the People's Park, told the Beijing Youth Daily it had to send its lion to a breeding facility, and the zoo decided to use the spare cage to house an employee's dog which had to be taken out of its home "over safety concerns."
Liu's excuse might have been acceptable, had the zoo not also tried to pass off another dog as a wolf, a white fox as a leopard, and two coypu rodents as snakes.
Most visitors were insulted by the deception and wondered why they were paying $2.45 to see knockoff animals.
OK - that dog does not look like a lion no matter how hard they try
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A Zoo in China Tried to Pass Off This Dog as an African Lion (Original Post)
RockaFowler
Aug 2013
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Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)1. You should see their coyote exhibit!
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)3. That is amazing, on so many levels.
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)8. I had a siamese cat...
...that barked when she was in heat.
TYY
UtahLib
(3,179 posts)2. Beyond insulting.
I can't think of a more insulting method of demonstrating their estimation of the intelligence of their customers.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)4. To be fair, however, their elephant exhibit was top notch.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)5. As was their shark exhibit
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)6. Too funny
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)11. ROFL
RedRocco
(454 posts)7. they have snakes and ducks in the same exhibit? wtf?
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surrealAmerican
(11,361 posts)9. How could a person mistake "coypu rodents" for snakes?
They're also known as nutria. The fur, teeth, legs, body shape, etc. are nothing like any kind of snake.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)10. Gave the game away
when it went "woof" and wagged its tail.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)12. Bark Bark, whoops I mean roar. .