China zoo that disguised dog as lion reportedly closes
BEIJING: A Chinese zoo ridiculed for disguising a dog as a
lion has shut down temporarily for "rectification", media reported
Friday.
The zoo's supposed "African lion" was exposed as a
fraud when the dog used as a substitute -- a Tibetan Mastiff -- started
barking, the state-run Beijing Youth Daily had reported earlier.
The zoo, in central China's Henan province, has
"altered several misnamed animal signs," the Beijing Times reported,
adding that zoo officials have issued a public apology and "closed for
rectification".
Three other species housed incorrectly in the zoo reportedly
included two coypu rodents in a snake's cage, a white fox in a leopard's den,
and another dog in a wolf pen.
A photograph of a dog sitting in a cage in front of a sign
reading "African lion" drew ridicule on Chinese social media
services, with one user saying: "They should at least use a husky to
pretend to be a wolf".
The Tibetan Mastiff is a large and hairy dog breed.
Authorities in the park in the city of Luohe, where the zoo
was located, said that the facility had been contracted out to a private
zookeeper since 1998.
- AFP/xq
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