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Chinese Zoo Embarrassed After Attempting to Pass Off Golden Retriever Dog as an African Lion
AsiaOne ^ | MARCH 31, 2021 | Alice Yan

Posted on 04/02/2021 12:22:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A handout photo: Visitors to a zoo in Sichuan province, China, were stunned to find a dog in a harness waiting to greet them on the other side of the lion enclosure.

Visitors to a zoo in southwestern China were left shocked and confused when they saw a golden retriever in a cage intended to accommodate an African lion.

In a video clip that circulated widely on social media this week, a man only identified by his surname Tang, took his child to visit Yuanjiashan Zoo in Xichang, Sichuan, on Saturday but was startled More from AsiaOne

“At first, we thought we had gone to the wrong place. But after walking around the cage, we realised it is where the lion should be housed,” Tang said in the video.

A handout photo: The cage sign advertising an African lion in the cage. PHOTO: South China Morning Post “Is that an African lion? Is it because it hasn’t grown up yet? It looks familiar to me,” he joked.

A worker of the zoo told Tang that the cage had housed a lion in the past, however, the animal had been moved to another location, he said.

“We are adjusting the animals’ accommodations, with the lion’s sign not taken down [from the cage] yet,” said the worker in the video.

However, Tang said he did not accept this. He accused the zoo of selling tickets promoting lions. He also said he found no lions anywhere else in the zoo.

“The money for the ticket is a small deal. What matters [to] me more is that I don’t know how to explain the current situation to my kid,” said Tang.

A handout photo: The placid looking golden retriever seen in the video wearing a harness in the lion enclosure. PHOTO: South China Morning Post It’s not the first time a mainland zoo has tried to substitute animals with other species at their facilities.

Earlier this month, Xiangwushan Zoo of Xianning, Hubei, was exposed for putting a Rottweiler in a wolf’s cage. The zoo’s management said a wolf had lived there before it died because of old age, the Liaoshen Evening News reported.

Two years ago, Jiufengshan Forest Zoo in Wuhan was criticised for deceiving visitors by placing a dog in a wolf’s enclosure.

The zoo claimed there was a wolf there, although not often seen by visitors. The dog was supposedly in the yard so that the wolf wouldn’t get lonely.

“People only saw the dog as the wolf likes to sleep during day time and the dog is more active than the wolf,” the zoo told Jiangxi TV.


TOPICS: Humor; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: africanlion; china; dogs; entree; goldenretriever; lion; passthechopsticks; wuhan; zoo
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To: nickcarraway

Viscous looking little lion ... want money back


21 posted on 04/02/2021 12:52:17 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Dutch Boy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow_Chow


22 posted on 04/02/2021 12:52:36 PM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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To: nickcarraway

It was late spring, so it was time to shave the dog, just a big mutt, hairy mongrel dog. Well, we decided to have alittle fun and do something different, so this year, we left a big mane of hair around it’s neck and just a little around the end of it’s tail...

Later that afternoon, Newjean came runnin into the house, hollarin at the top of his lungs, Lion in the yard, oh lion gonna get us, theys a lion in the yard...Uncle Versie looked out the window and saw the dog, and called Newjean over, and started the scolding...

I’m tired of your lying Newjean, he said, now you get on up to your room and you stay there and pray until you think the Lord’s forgiven you for your lyin bout that dog...

Well, bout dinner time, Newjean came back down, and Uncle Versie asked him, boy, do you think the Lord’s forgiven you for lyin bout that
dog???

Newjean said, yes sir, said the Lord spoke to me, the Lord told me, first time he saw that dog, he thought it was a lion too...


23 posted on 04/02/2021 12:53:01 PM PDT by Farmerbob
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To: nickcarraway

>>In a video clip that circulated widely on social media this week, a man only identified by his surname Tang, took his child to visit Yuanjiashan Zoo in Xichang, Sichuan, on Saturday but was startled

Comrade, that is NOT the way to improve your social credit score.


24 posted on 04/02/2021 12:55:24 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: Farmerbob

That was the first thing I thought of when I read that story. Jerry Clower!!


25 posted on 04/02/2021 12:56:37 PM PDT by Texas resident (Dimrats=CPUSA)
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To: SgtHooper

Psst. The Sex Aphrodisiacs are fakes too!

They don’t use real Spanish Fly.


26 posted on 04/02/2021 12:57:07 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: nickcarraway

Sum Ting Wong? He No Wion.


27 posted on 04/02/2021 1:00:58 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it.........)
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To: nickcarraway

Sum Ting Wong? He No Wion.


28 posted on 04/02/2021 1:01:23 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it.........)
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To: nickcarraway

I guess they thought American liberal tourist were supposed to be touring the zoo that day. They are easily fooled. 8>P


29 posted on 04/02/2021 1:10:31 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: nickcarraway

Me too.


30 posted on 04/02/2021 1:10:40 PM PDT by apocalypto
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To: nickcarraway
Weird. I did a search. Darn.

For some reason, it never occurs to folks to paste the WHOLE TITLE
into the search box and search under "titles".

Keywords are useless, depending upon what some goober THINKS ought to be a keyword.

Have ye not faith in Goobers, they can do you no good.

31 posted on 04/02/2021 1:11:07 PM PDT by humblegunner (Balls To Picasso.)
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To: nickcarraway

That’s probably the zookeeper’s supper that he picked up on the way to work that morning.


32 posted on 04/02/2021 1:12:03 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Blurb2350
Wait 'til they get a load of the giraffe.

Or the horse


33 posted on 04/02/2021 1:17:12 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: nickcarraway
Dog dressed as Lion terrifies people and makes them run!


34 posted on 04/02/2021 1:32:05 PM PDT by rlmorel ("I’d rather enjoy a risky freedom than a safe servitude." Robby Dinero, USMC Veteran, Gym Owner)
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To: PAR35

Not a problem in the West as long as the golden retriever identified as a lion.


35 posted on 04/02/2021 1:54:15 PM PDT by Vehmgericht (12)
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To: nickcarraway

This must be why the Chinese tourists keep trying to pet the grizzlies and bison at Yellowstone.


36 posted on 04/02/2021 2:03:52 PM PDT by toast
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To: nickcarraway

That’s the zookeepers lunch.


37 posted on 04/02/2021 10:39:21 PM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: nutmeg

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38 posted on 04/02/2021 10:43:24 PM PDT by nutmeg (God bless you and thank you, Rush)
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