Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion'

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Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion'

Post by Kumarnishith » Sat Aug 17, 2013 10:39 am

You must have heard about Chinese penchant for producing $15 Rolex watches, $20 Gucci bags and not to forget $30 Busnell/Leupold scopes etc :D This time they took it to whole new level :mrgreen: Checkout the story:

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Chinese zoo angers visitors by passing off hairy Tibetan mastiff dog as lion

Hong Kong (CNN) -- A zoo in China has angered visitors by trying to pass off a hairy dog as a lion, Chinese state media reported.
A visitor, surnamed Liu, told the state-run Beijing Youth Daily she discovered the fraud when visiting a zoo in a park in Louhe, a city in the central province of Henan, with her son.
As they approached the cage marked "African lion," they were shocked to hear the beast inside emit a bark.
It was a Tibetan mastiff -- a large, hairy breed of dog.
"The zoo is absolutely trying to cheat us," Liu said. "They are trying to disguise dogs as lions."

A Tibetan mastiff (not a lion).
Other species in the park were similarly mislabeled, the newspaper reported, with another dog in the wolf cage, and a white fox on display in the leopard enclosure.
The head of the park's animal department, Liu Suya, told CNN that the animals had been substituted for various reasons, and would be back in their rightful place soon.
The lion and leopard had both been removed for breeding, she said, with the Tibetan mastiff placed in the lion's cage temporarily "due to safety concerns."
The zoo is absolutely trying to cheat us. They are trying to disguise dogs as lions.
Liu, zoo visitor
Similarly, the dog had been placed in the wolf enclosure to breed a hybrid wolf-dog, she said. "We're not doing it out of shortage of funds," she said.
The substitute lion has drawn ridicule on Chinese social media, with one commenter describing the situation as "absurd."
"If this works why would people even bother to go to the zoo!" wrote Guohebaxiaoma. "Children will cry out 'look a lion came out!' at the sight of Tibetan Mastiff or 'look it's a rat!' seeing snake on the street...This is totally absurd!"
Yidongdexulaoshi said: "This time you're lucky. Because perhaps next time you will find that all the animals in the zoo are played by the faculty. LOL."
"It's way too ironic. Why doesn't the zoo simply just put the zookeeper in a cage with the sign "Gorilla" on its gate," Lanseyapingningliuxunqing added.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/16/world ... o-dog-lion


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Re: Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion'

Post by Vikram » Sat Aug 17, 2013 3:31 pm

ROTFL ROTFL ROTFL
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Post by brihacharan » Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:01 am

Downright Hilarious :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by hvj1 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:24 am

If you think that's funny, I wonder what an Indian Zoo would pass as an Indian Loin! :mrgreen:

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Re: Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion'

Post by essdee1972 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:51 pm

Just like the Chinese Rolexes are exact copies down to the last engraving on the back (alas, the mechanism is quartz!!!), they also took pains to find a dog with a mane (alas, it barks!!)..............
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Re: Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion'

Post by brihacharan » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:35 pm

hvj1 wrote: If you think that's funny, I wonder what an Indian Zoo would pass as an Indian Loin! :mrgreen:
I wonder what an Indian Zoo would pass as an Indian Loin!

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