A Chinese zoo has admitted that the pandas in their exhibits were, in fact, “painted dogs.” According to the New York Post, visitors at the Shanwei Zoo realized they were being bamboozled when ...

Dogs dolled-up to look like other species has become quite an issue in China. Taizhou Zoo has previously been caught parading painted puppies as pandas in order to pull in crowds.

The dogs, which appear to be painted or dyed with an orange and black stripes, sparked fury online with images also shared on Douyin, which is what TikTok is called in China, on January 24.

This is the latest deceitful move from the zoo, after it reportedly painted puppies black and white so that they looked like pandas. The zoo is not the only facility in China to get caught up in ...

The circus was shut down. But dogs can play more than just pandas. In Louhe, China, in 2013, a Tibetan mastiff was passed off as a lion.

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 ...

A Chinese zoo has admitted that the pandas in its exhibits were, in fact, “painted dogs”. According to the New York Post, visitors at the Shanwei Zoo realised they were being bamboozled when ...

“These are chow chow dogs being painted as pandas and are part of our specialties,” the representative said. That admission further set the Chinese internet alight, with many chiming in on the ...

On September 20, 2024, news reports revealed that the star attraction at the Shanwei Zoo in China, thought to be Pandas, was actually really fluffy dogs. Here's what we know.

Visitors at Shanwei Zoo in China were shocked to find that the 'pandas' on display were actually dogs painted to look like pandas. The zoo admitted to dyeing Chow Chows black and white to attract ...

“These are Chow Chow dogs being painted (as pandas), as this is part of our specialties.” This is not the first time dogs have been painted to look like pandas or other wild animals in China.