Chinese zoo ADMITS what we all knew about its ‘pandas’
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 realized the scam at the Shanwei zoo when one of the apparent pandas started panting and barking, according to local media.
Video shot by a visitor showed one of the not-🅺so🐻-subtly disguised dogs clearly panting while lying on a rock inside a fenced-off area.
Just moments later, a second pooch can be seen strolling along — with a long, curly tail.
The zoo initially tried to wash its hands of the sham by bizarrely claiming the animals were a breed of “panda dogs.”
It later came clean, though, and admitted it had just dyed two chow chows — a breed of spitz that is popular in northern China.
The visitors demanded their money back after the barking ordeal camಌe to light.
It isn’t the first time a Chinese zoo has faced backlash over a similar counterfeit, with a group of fake pandas discov👍ered at the Taizhou Zoo in Jiangsu Province back in May.
Zoo officials there dyed the faces of several 𓃲chow chows and put them on display.
When asked w✨hy they tried to dupe visitors, a zoo rep said, “There are no panda bears at the zoo and we wanted to do this as a result.”