Chinese zoo ‘attempts to pass off pet dog as wolf’ after animal passes away

A zoo in China has actually been implicated of attempting to pass off a Rottweiler as a wolf after it was spotted alone in the enclosure.

Visitors to the Xiangwushan Zoo, in Xianning, Hubei province, shot the pet dog living in a cage identified as a wolf. In one clip, one visitor, called just as Mr Xu, can be heard stating to the animal: ‘Woof! Are you a wolf?’

He later on informed Beijing News that zookeepers had actually stated the initial wolf in the enclosure had actually passed away of old age.

An staff member then verified this to regional media, mentioning that the watchdog was just being kept there briefly.

The regional forestry bureau have actually now stated they will remove an indication causing the enclosure that checks out ‘the wolf is here’, which can be seen in Mr Xu’s video.

The video has actually likewise stimulated issue over how well the animals are being looked after, with admission to the website just costing the equivalent of £1.70.

The employee likewise kept in mind that the zoo ‘didn’t have adequate visitors to keep the zoo up and running well’, BBC reports. 

Animal rights activists have actually been consistently important of China’s zoos throughout the years. Social media users referenced other ‘poorly run’ zoos in China, where visitors had actually found canines in wolf enclosures or inflatable penguins changing the genuine thing.

In 2006 the Dezhou Zoo in Shandong Province, eastern China, was discovered to have actually kept a Husky in the exact same area as the wolves, with one traveler finding it hopping.

At the time, Dezhou Zoo stated in a declaration that they had actually intentionally kept the 2 types together to ‘add entertainment value’, Huanqiu.com reported.

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