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| 2013-08-15 |
| 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 -- but he pointed out that the animal in the cage labelled "African lion" was barking. The beast was in fact a Tibetan mastiff -- 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. 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 -- which belonged to an employee -- 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. |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #8 They NEED Barrack Husain Obama, they have much apologizing to do, and he's got them beat. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-08-15 16:17 |
| #7 "And for $10 more Congress as well." Do you really think they'd accept our entire Congress if we paid them just $10, CF? It's gonna cost us enough to get them to take (and keep) just the Administration. >:-( |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-08-15 15:06 |
| #6 I suspect the exotic animals ended up on somebodies table as a delicacy Or ended up as medical supplements. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-08-15 13:30 |
| #5 Or maybe it's a dog who got asylum and is hiding from the long reach of Barack's fork. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-08-15 13:01 |
| #4 I suspect the exotic animals ended up on somebodies table as a delicacy. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2013-08-15 12:16 |
| #3 You'd think paying customers would be so mad they'd go through the roof. |
| Posted by: gorb 2013-08-15 12:09 |
| #2 or two? We can send them the entire administration. And for $10 more Congress as well. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-08-15 11:42 |
| #1 We have an administration official or two that we can send them for the turkey exhibit... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-08-15 11:03 |