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Gaza zoo replaces zebras by painting donkeys

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Gaza : Palestine | about 1 month ago  
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  • "Gaza zoo replaces zebras by painting donkeys"
    "Gaza zoo replaces zebras by painting donkeys"
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    "Gaza zoo replaces zebras by painting donkeys"
  • A "Gaza-made zebra", a white donkey painted with traditional henna
    A "Gaza-made zebra", a white donkey painted with traditional henna
    Source: AFP
  • Two dyed donkeys stand at zoo in Gaza City
    Two dyed donkeys stand at zoo in Gaza City
    Source: Reuters
  • Palestinian children look at dyed donkeys at zoo in Gaza City
    Palestinian children look at dyed donkeys at zoo in Gaza City
    Source: Reuters
  • Palestinian boys ride dyed donkeys at zoo in Gaza City
    Palestinian boys ride dyed donkeys at zoo in Gaza City
    Source: Reuters
  • A Palestinian boy touches a dyed donkey at zoo in Gaza City
    A Palestinian boy touches a dyed donkey at zoo in Gaza City
    Source: Reuters
"Gaza zoo replaces zebras by painting donkeys"

Gaza City zookeepers

have found a creative way of drawing crowds to their dilapidated zoo -

by painting their donkeys.
The Marah Land Zoo's only two zebras died of hunger earlier this year

when they were neglected during the Israel-Hamas war. The popular

animals were too expensive to replace, so the keepers decided to design

a pair of donkeys with black and white patterns instead.

Ahmad Barghouti says a professional painter used French-manufactured

hair coloring to make the donkeys look like zebras.

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  • News Source: 7days | about 1 month ago
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  • News Source: Summit Daily News | about 1 month ago
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  • Blog Source: sweetness-light.com
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    A zoo in Gaza has found a novel way to get around Israeli restrictions on the importation of animals by partly dying two donkeys so they resemble zebras. The owner of the Marah Land zoo in Gaza City said he had used masking tape and ...
  • Blog Source: presurfer.blogspot.com
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  • Blog Source: israelity.com
    Reports abounded last week about the goings on at Gaza's Happy Land Zoo, where, with a little masking tape and women's hair dye, two donkeys were transformed into striped zebras. The reason? ... “The first time we used paint but it didn't look good,
  • Blog Source: jonathanturley.org
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Posted By ladym33 ladym33 | about 1 month ago
Interesting idea, as long as they are honest and upfront that they are donkeys and not zebras. I hope they don't starve the donkies too.
Reply By mceroa mceroa | about 1 month ago
i agree.. whats the purpose of painting em like zebras if you gonna starve them and suffer the same fate as the original ones
Posted By Shirley66 Shirley66 | about 1 month ago
creative as it may, no one replaces the original one.
Posted By mona37 mona37 | about 1 month ago
but it is still a form of deception if they do not tell visitors and may face charges!
Posted By lecia lecia | about 1 month ago
it is sad that they are reduced to such deception
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