Egyptian zoo ‘paints donkey’ to look like zebra

Zookeeper in Cairo allegedly gave the animal stripes in bid to fool visitors

Zebra Donkey
The alleged imposter
(Image credit: Twitter)

An Egyptian zoo has been torn off a strip for allegedly attempting to fool visitors by painting black and white stripes on a donkey to make it look like a zebra.

The row began when a student visiting the recently opened animal sanctuary in Cairo’s International Gardens Park spotted the unusual-looking animal and shared a photo of it on Facebook, the Daily Mail reports.

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