{"id":15975,"date":"2013-08-14T22:08:21","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T22:08:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-08-14T22:08:10","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T22:08:10","slug":"Zoo-in-China-switches-animals-deceives-zoo-goers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=15975","title":{"rendered":"Zoo in China switches animals, deceives zoo-goers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That looks like a very unsanitary zoo! Hopefully, someone rescues these animals!<\/p>\n<p>A zoo has landed itself in hot water after trying to pass off fluffy dogs as lions and rats as snakes.<\/p>\n<p>A clearly-marked sign claimed an animal in one of the cages was an African lion but visitors became infuriated when it was clear a Tibetan mastiff dog was inside instead.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the zoo, foxes were used to impersonate leopards and another dog was used to impersonate a wolf.<\/p>\n<p>And in their most creative feat a couple of rats, clearly scurrying around in a cage, were labelled snakes.<\/p>\n<p>Punters were obviously having none of it, especially when they were alarmed to hear a dog barking inside one of the cages.<\/p>\n<p>Yu Hua, head of the People\u2019s Park where the zoo is located said private contractors ran the zoo.<\/p>\n<p>A manager at the zoo in the eastern Chinese city of Luohe desperately tried to explain what had happened, <strong>saying the dog was the lion\u2019s friend and the African animal had been sent to another zoo to breed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sounds like animal neglect to me!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2013\/08\/15\/worlds-worst-zoo-tries-to-pass-off-a-dog-as-a-lion-and-rats-as-snakes-3924517\/\">Source metro.co.uk<\/a><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That looks like a very unsanitary zoo! Hopefully, someone rescues these animals! 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