There are less than 7,000 adult painted dogs in the wild and they are considered endangered due to human-wildlife conflict, habitat fragmentation and disease, the zoo says. The three surviving ...

“These are Chow Chow dogs being painted (as pandas), as this is part of our specialties.” Visitors to a zoo in China's southern Guangdong province feed a Chow Chow dog painted to resemble a panda.

A zoo in China is clearing the air about a viral attraction that's been making the rounds on social media: a pair of Chow Chow dogs painted to look like pandas.

They aren't the only African painted dogs the zoo is caring for: The pups’ mother and father, Bleu and Maurice, are also being cared for by the zoo. “The puppies are now 11 weeks old. They're ...

The dogs were born on November 5 and 6 to first-time mother Pele, a 3-year-old African painted dog who first arrived at the zoo in October 2021, according to a news release.

Zoogoers in China have been left outraged after discovering that the so-called “pandas” they were cooing over were just painted dogs. The duped visitors claimed they only realized the scam at ...

China: Dogs painted as 'tigers' at a Chinese Zoo. An Chinese zoo that was caught painting dogs to look like pandas has sparked outrage yet again - this time for painting them bright orange to ...

Taizhou Zoo was not the first place to come up with the idea. Owners of a traveling circus in Italy were charged in 2014 with disguising, yes, chow chows as pandas who posed for pictures with ...

In May, NBC Newsreported 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 ...

Six African painted dog pups were recently born at the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden, zoo officials have announced. The dogs were born on November 5 and 6 to first-time mother Pele, a 3 ...

In May, a zoo in eastern Jiangsu province sparked outrage after visitors discovered it painted two dogs black and white to resemble pandas. Following widespread criticism, the zoo admitted the ruse.

All-out panda-monium! Zoogoers in China have been left outraged after discovering that the so-called “pandas” they were cooing over were just painted dogs. The duped visitors claimed they only ...