In a north-eastern China animal park, you can pay a dollar to get your photo taken with a zebra at the moment. In the botanical gardens in Shenyang, visitors are lining up for this great photo opportunity.
But are they lining up because they love zebras, or because this situation is so ridiculous: the "zebra" is a white horse that has had black stripes painted on it. One customer said:
We saw right away that the zebra is fake, but we are here for fun, so it doesn't really matter.
The zoo, on the other hand, is feigning ignorance, repeating that the animal is from Africa so it must be a zebra, and then saying they're not sure if it's a zebra, but "it's not that important." But for animal rights activists and false advertising principles, maybe it is a bit of an issue.
[Photo: Poppy Wright]
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