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Lion at Chinese Zoo A Fraud
PJ_Soul
Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,570
:fp: Who was fooled by that?? It actually had to bark for people to realize it wasn't a lion?? Wtf??http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-23714896
Chinese media reports said the zoo had replaced its genuine lion with a Tibetan mastiff dog.
A zoo official in Henan province said the dog - owned by one of the workers - was put in the cage when the real lion was sent away to a breeding centre.
Outraged visitors to the zoo in Louhe city said they had been cheated.
According to a report in the Beijing Youth Daily, the fraud came to light when a mother visited the zoo, in a park in the city of Louhe, to show her son the sounds different animals made.
But when they got to the cage marked "African lion" - which had a sign describing the range and characteristics of the animal - they were shocked to hear the creature bark.
It was then that zoo keepers revealed the so-called lion was actually a Tibetan mastiff, an animal that can have a furry brown coat, making it look a little like a lion.
The woman visitor, surnamed Liu, was quoted as saying: "The zoo is absolutely trying to cheat us. They are trying to disguise dogs as lions."
The chief of the park's animal department, Liu Suya, was quoted by the Beijing Youth Daily as saying the lion had been taken to a breeding facility and the Tibetan mastiff temporarily placed in its cage because of safety concerns.
Other species were also apparently mislabelled; there was a white fox in a leopard's den and another dog being passed off as a wolf.
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"...I changed by not changing at all..."
The poison from the poison stream caught up to you ELEVEN years ago and you floated out of here. Sept. 14, 08
Sweeeet.
The poison from the poison stream caught up to you ELEVEN years ago and you floated out of here. Sept. 14, 08
(but thanks for the laughs :P )
it is incredible how huge a tibetan mastiff is
google images "tibetan mastiff"
the photo shown in the story is a poor photo of the breed in my opinion
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
FUN FACT: The most expensive dog in the world is a Tibetan Mastiff. Worth $1.5 million. :shock: This is him:
Pretty fucking nice dog, but $1.5 million seems a bit steep. :P
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
The mastiff in that photo looks like a badass.
(and jeeza louisa, the pup version. Gah!)