To attract visitors to the zoo they disguise animals. It is not the first time that it happens, unfortunately: the recent story of the dogs dyed for Panda and the most remote of the painted puppies to look like tigets is already sadly known.
This time, always in Chinamadness was that of painting strips donkeys to make them look like zebras. A habit that, among other things, already jumped to the honors of the chronicles a few years ago, directly from Cario.
We talked about it here: this is not a zebra. The Egyptian zoo that painted a black and white donkey
The case became viral when obviously visitors, not stupid, noticed the clear deception and began to publish the photos and videos of the fake zebras.
According to the New York Postthe staff of the amusement park defended the donkey painting work, defining the dye they used on animals and stating that the move was a pure marketing decision.
Ce zoo a déguisé des ânes en zèbres pour attrairer des visits!
Ça s’est passé à zibo, dans la province du shandong, en chine. Les Responsible du Parc Défendent Ce Choix en Gallo qu’il s’gissait of an opération «marketing» destineée à attirer les visits.
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– Vakita (@vakitamedia) Febration 18, 2025
The owner did so only for fun – said a staff member. Indeed a sign on the spot also indicated that the animal was a donkey and not a zebra.
Yes, Todavía Siguen Existiendo
A zoológia en zibo city, ubicado en shaandong, china, generously generated an ola de críticas tran admitir que pintó rayas blancas y negras en burros para haterlos pasar por cebras. Esta Repudiable Práctica Fue Implementada Como part of an Estategy of … pic.twitter.com/baqydqfido
– Diario La Capital (@Lacapital) Febration 15, 2025
Once again, therefore, not only animals forced to live among the four bars of a zoo, but also deprived of its nature and ridiculed.