The dye is plant-based and safe for the animals, the zoo said A zoo in eastern China has been criticised for dyeing the fur of chow chow puppies to resemble tiger stripes, in a bid to attract ...

Remember Chinese zoos faced criticism for staging dogs as pandas using paint? Recent news suggests they painted a donkey to look like a zebra. People who visited the zoo to wave hands at zebras ...

"The owner did it just for fun," one of the staff members said, adding that a local zoo had previously gained attention by dressing a dog as a panda, and this was an attempt to replicate that ...

The park allegedly took the idea from another Chinese zoo that painted dogs and pretended they were pandas. Parkgoers at the Shanwei Zoo noticed the scam when one of the apparent pandas started ...