A zoo allegedly painted donkeys black and white to look like zebras. METRO After a heated debate about the animals, park representatives told the outlet that the paint job was a marketing strategy.

A zoo in Zibo City, Shandong Province, China, is facing backlash after it was discovered that donkeys had been painted with black and white stripes to resemble zebras in an attempt to attract more ...

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 ...

An Egyptian zoo is insisting it did not paint a pair of donkeys to look like zebras. Cairo's International Garden municipal park became a target of ridicule after an Egyptian student, Mahmoud ...

In 2009, after two zebras died of starvation in a Gaza zoo, the owner painted two white donkeys with black stripes in a bid to pass them off as zebras.

A Chinese zoo has come under scrutiny after admitting to painting donkeys black and white to look like zebras in a bid to increase tourist footfall, according to a report in the New York Post.

Video: Chinese zoo paints donkey to look like a zebra The Zibo City amusement park in Shandong province admitted to colouring donkeys with black and white stripes to attract visitors.

Although donkeys are also equids, they are domesticated and frequently used by humans as working animals. Donkeys usually have brown and grey coats, unlike a zebra's bold black-and-white stripes.

Chinese zoo denies its sun bears are people in costumes A zoo in China has stated that the bears in its sun bear exhibit are real after a video went viral on Chinese social media.

In 2018, a zoo in Cairo, Egypt was accused of painting zebra stripes on donkeys after social media pointed out the animal’s face and ears didn’t appear to be the right size.

An amusement park in the Chinese province of Shandong is going viral for housing donkeys painted as zebras — a move an employee reportedly claimed to be a marketing decision.