A zoo in communist China has been accused of disguising a dog to trick visitors into thinking it was a panda because it didn’t have real animals.
The panda was unveiled to visitors at Taizhou Zoo in Jiangsu province on Wednesday. new york post report on monday.
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However, the “panda” was actually a chow chow dog. breeding According to the American Kennel Club (AKC), this may be one of the oldest in the world.
According to reports, zoo staff groomed the dog before exhibiting it and dyed its face to look like a panda.
According to zoo official Boa Cure, Said The dye was harmless and they didn’t have pandas so they dressed the dog like that.
Video footage shows costumed dogs playing in their enclosures as excited visitors can be heard from behind a glass wall.
It was revealed that a “panda” exhibited at a Chinese zoo was a dyed dog, causing outrage.
The zoo defended its actions, arguing that the dye was harmless and natural and that the modifications were meant to compensate for the panda’s absence. pic.twitter.com/S4u3lLrBbr
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Some visitors accused the zoo of animal abuse, but staff insisted the animals were not harmed in any way.
A spokesperson said: “Some people dye their hair. If your dog has long hair, you can use natural dyes.”
This is not the first time China has changed the appearance of an animal. In 2013, a zoo in eastern China placed a Tibetan mastiff in a lion enclosure after a zoo employee was assaulted. Said CNN reported that the lions were shipped for breeding.
Pet cafes will open in China in 2019 dyed The act of making a Chow Chow dog look like a panda cub upset many people online, CNA reported at the time.
According to the AKC, Chow Chows are depicted on artifacts from China’s Han Dynasty and were sometimes “companions of Chinese aristocratic lords.”
“The Tang emperors of the 8th century are said to have owned a kennel facility that housed around 5,000 butterflies and twice that number of permanent staff. They also made a living as , porters, and hunters,” the site says.
