World's Worst Zoo?

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This may be a heath but I don't care. My friend sent me this article and I couldn't stop laughing.

A short excerpt - but really you should read the whole thing:

"A China zoo has been forced to apologise after it tried to pass off a dog as a lion.
Angry visitors to the People's Park in Luohe, Henan province, complained when the 'African lion' started barking.
Zoo staff said they had pretended the Tibetan mastiff was a lion because they could not afford the real thing, local media reported."

And now for what they tried to pass off as a lion:



Whole article with more hilarious pictures here: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2394369/Hairy-dog-passed-Lion-China-zoo-Peoples-Park-staff-pretend-Tibetan-mastiff-African-lion.html

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I'm also really sad at the "lion's" cage. So tiny - and nothing in there at all.

[CheshireGrin]

This is totally awesome. Obviously, they were just missing one witch to make people see what they want to see. (Last Unicorn, anybody?)

[CheshireGrin]

Of course, it's also really sad too. It's hysterical in that pathetic kind of "laugh to keep from crying" way.

[PeonyParty]

How comical and depressing, all at the same time.

[underwaterrhymes]

I have to admit I laughed.

And then I felt sad. Poor animals.

[poisonkisses]

Ok, were they actually trying to pass that dog off as a leopard? Because they didn't even try.

[CheshireGrin]

Aug 18, 2013 21:50:05 GMT -5 poisonkisses said:

Ok, were they actually trying to pass that dog off as a leopard? Because they didn't even try.

At least use a dalmation...

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Aug 18, 2013 21:54:47 GMT -5 CheshireGrin said:

Aug 18, 2013 21:50:05 GMT -5 poisonkisses said:

Ok, were they actually trying to pass that dog off as a leopard? Because they didn't even try.

At least use a dalmation...

This made me spit out my tea. Too funny.

[Captain Serious]

Okay, I came in here prepared to tell you about the zoo in Lima, where I witnessed a lioness stalk a toddler. It was crouching and growling, and following the kid around the whole time with it's eyes/head, really ready to pounce. It was funny only because I believed the bars would hold, but it certainly made we wonder if the cats were fed enough and how long that lion was in captivity.

But then I read and saw the picture, and this beats it by far! How long did they try to get away with that? Why? Didn't people revolt?

[sonrisa]

DD asked if a large dog we saw today was a deer. She'd buy that was a lion. But then she's two. And petrified of lions so she wouldn't make eye contact for long.

Aug 18, 2013 22:26:42 GMT -5 Captain Serious said:

Okay, I came in here prepared to tell you about the zoo in Lima, where I witnessed a lioness stalk a toddler. It was crouching and growling, and following the kid around the whole time with it's eyes/head, really ready to pounce. It was funny only because I believed the bars would hold, but it certainly made we wonder if the cats were fed enough and how long that lion was in captivity.

When I was a kid, at the zoo in panama the elephant wasn't in an enclosure, just tied to a tree. This led to a kerfuffle when the elephant got loose and started wandering around.