The Chinese zoo that tried to make visitors believe it showed African lions in their cages, when in reality they were Tibetan mastiffs, ha sido cerrado temporalmente para "corregir" the posters, the Chinese press reported today.
According to the newspaper Beijing Times, the park, located in Luohe city of central China's Henan province, has closed to carry out the relevant signage changes, while those responsible have issued a public apology.
Image that has circulated on social networks about the zoo
The fraud, uncovered a day earlier by other Beijing media, was discovered by some zoo visitors who checked, with surprise, that a supposed lion behind the cages barked instead of roaring.
She further , The zoo tried to pass off rat specimens as exotic reptiles, a fox as if it were a leopard and another dog as if it were its wild relative, the wolf.
The zoo owners, which also operated illegally according to the authorities, atribuyeron en un primer momento estas prácticas a "errores de señalización" on the park signs and promised their quick correction.
EL HUFFINGTON POST / EFE
17/08/2013