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Egyptian Zoo Is Accused Of Painting Donkey To Pass It Off As A Zebra
The donkey donning the zebra’s avatar (Mahmoud Sarhan/Facebook)
In 2013, a zoo in the city of Louhe in the Henan province of China managed to kick up a storm when one of the animals in the cage – listed as an African Lion – was barking. It soon emerged that the animal was not really a lion but a Tibetan Mastiff, a large dog with hair that the authorities tried to pass off as a lion.
The anomaly came to light when 18 year-old Mahmoud Sarhan paid a visit to the zoo and found the strange-looking beast which he photographed and uploaded to Facebook. The post went viral and it became clear that the paint was melting off the animal’s face its ears were not quite what they should have been.
However, Mohammed Sultan, director of Cairo’s Gardens Project told a local TV channel Youm 7 News that the animal was indeed an equus hippotigris and not an equus asinus.
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