Minami Aizawa: Outrage after China zoo paints Dogs to look like Pandas

Dogs dyed black & white to pass off as Pandas…

Dogs painted black and white at Chinese zoo to pass off as pandas

The chow-chow dogs were put on display instead of pandas at the Taizhou Zoo in Jiangsu Province.

A zoo in China has come under fire after the authorities painted two dogs black and white to resemble pandas. At the Taizhou Zoo in Jiangsu Province, visitors were shocked to discover that the animals they saw in the panda enclosure were chow-chow dogs.

Fake Pandas!

Don’t know if it’s panda or a dog
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The fake pandas, unveiled on May 1, had their manes trimmed before they were dyed to resemble little pandas. They put the painted dogs on display between 8 am to 5 pm regularly and visitors flocked to see them.

When tourists realised they were looking at chow-chow dogs, there was widespread outrage, with activists criticising zoo authorities for animal cruelty and deception.

Taizhou Zoo in Jiangsu Province dyed two chow chow puppies black and white and promoted them as so-called “panda dogs.” pic.twitter.com/Jo7q1dBzZJ

— Shanghai Daily (@shanghaidaily) May 5, 2024