A Chinese zoo has admitted that the pandas in their exhibits were, in fact, “painted dogs.” According to the New York Post, ...

Melissa "Roo" Kojancie, CEO and president of the Erie Zoo, said it is finalizing construction on a new African painted dog viewing structure and a redesigned red panda habitat. The viewing structure ...

The Zibo City amusement park is not the first zoo to attempt such a stunt. Reports suggest the park copied the idea from another Chinese zoo that painted dogs to resemble pandas. Visitors at the ...

Stock image of donkeys painted in a zebra-like pattern at the Marah Land Zoo in 2009. AP Photo/Hatem Moussa Zoo in China Reveals Its 'Pandas' Are Painted Dogs, Claims They're Still a Top Attraction ...

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.

This isn’t the first time the Qinhu Bay Forest Animal Kingdom painted a dog to look like a zoo animal, though. In May 2024, they dyed the fur of Chow Chows to make them look like pandas.

A Chinese zoo has been slammed for deceiving visitors by allegedly painting dogs to look like tigers. The Qinhu Bay Forest Animal Kingdom in Taizhou was exposed after a video shared on Douyin (China’s ...

The controversy echoes a similar incident at Shanwei Zoo, where dogs were also painted to look like pandas last year. The move led to visitor complaints, with some demanding refunds.

Initially, zoo officials attempted to pass off the chow chows as a new breed dubbed ‘panda dogs.’ When skepticism arose among viewers, authority was compelled to confess that no actual pandas resided ...

In the past, Chinese zoos have painted dogs to look like pandas. Some visitors at the Shanwei Zoo in Guangdong province this year realised they were not looking at pandas when the animals began ...

In May, NBC News reported that Taizhou Zoo in Jiangsu Province had also painted Chow Chows. Zoo representatives initially claimed that the animals were a rare breed of “panda dogs,” before ...