Chinese Zoo Tries To Pass Off Large, Furry Dog As "African Lion"

[Initech]

A CHINESE zoo's supposed "African lion" has been exposed as a fraud when the dog used as a substitute started barking.
The zoo in the People's Park of Luohe, in the central province of Henan, replaced exotic exhibits with common species, according to the state-run Beijing Youth Daily.

It quoted a customer surnamed Liu who wanted to show her son the different sounds animals made - but he pointed out that the animal in the cage labelled "African lion" was barking.

The beast was in fact a Tibetan mastiff - a large and long-haired breed of dog.

"The zoo is absolutely cheating us," the paper quoted Liu, who was charged 15 yuan ($2.70) for the ticket, as saying. "They are trying to disguise the dogs as lions."

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[hlthe2b]

1. Given the dog is a Chow Chow--a breed of Chinese origin...

this seems particularly ridiculous...

[kas125]

2. After my mom died in 2004, I moved in to her house to care for my dad who was sick so I inherited

mom's Chow, Rascal. I wasn't doing anything else, so I started babysitting for the neighbor's two little grandkids. One day the kids were in their grandma's yard next door and their three year old cousin was playing there with them. The kids I knew kept coming to the fence and petting Rascal, while the cousin wouldn't get anywhere close to the fence. After staring at me and the dog for a while, the little cousin finally asked me, "Why do you have a lion?" I don't think she really believed me when I said she wasn't a lion, she was just a dog.

This was Rascal -

[Marrah_G]

3. Wait....that's not a lion???