Zoo Paints Donkey To Look Like Zebra

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Visitors to Gaza’s Marah Zoo could be forgiven for thinking that something was a little fishy about the zoo’s only zebra, it wasn’t a zebra.

Due to economic restraints, the impoverished zoo was not able to afford a real zebra, but rather than let that spoil things, zoo keepers got creative and put together the next best thing.

Zoo director Mahmud Berghat explains:

It’s really a painted donkey, we cut its hair short and then painted the stripes. But don’t tell anyone, the children love him.

The striped donkey has been popular amongst school children from the area who have so far not been able to tell the difference.

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33 Comments on this post.
  • Tricky
    30 July 2009 at 12:20 pm
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    Unfortunately when they later did acquire a Zebra, they decided to paint it brown and pass it off as a Donkey.

  • Tricky
    30 July 2009 at 12:20 pm
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    Unfortunately when they later did acquire a Zebra, they decided to paint it brown and pass it off as a Donkey.

  • Tricky
    30 July 2009 at 7:20 am
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    Unfortunately when they later did acquire a Zebra, they decided to paint it brown and pass it off as a Donkey.

  • Ben
    30 July 2009 at 2:23 pm
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    Imagine if it rains lol. “Mummy, why is that Zebra melting?”

  • Ben
    30 July 2009 at 2:23 pm
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    Imagine if it rains lol. “Mummy, why is that Zebra melting?”

  • Ben
    30 July 2009 at 9:23 am
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    Imagine if it rains lol. “Mummy, why is that Zebra melting?”

  • zach
    7 September 2009 at 5:48 am
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    Imagine if you had a mummy as a mommy…

    • Chops
      16 March 2010 at 7:10 am
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      Imaging if you didn’t know anything but American English…

    • Chops
      16 March 2010 at 7:10 am
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      Imaging if you didn’t know anything but American English…

  • zach
    7 September 2009 at 5:48 am
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    Imagine if you had a mummy as a mommy…

  • zach
    7 September 2009 at 12:48 am
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    Imagine if you had a mummy as a mommy…

    • Chops
      16 March 2010 at 2:10 am
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      Imaging if you didn’t know anything but American English…

  • riko
    14 September 2009 at 5:20 am
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    you should come to tijuana we see that every day on revolucion street lol

    • tone
      26 September 2009 at 5:52 pm
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      “get your picture taken with the tiger!”

    • tone
      26 September 2009 at 5:52 pm
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      “get your picture taken with the tiger!”

  • riko
    14 September 2009 at 5:20 am
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    you should come to tijuana we see that every day on revolucion street lol

  • riko
    14 September 2009 at 12:20 am
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    you should come to tijuana we see that every day on revolucion street lol

    • tone
      26 September 2009 at 12:52 pm
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      “get your picture taken with the tiger!”

  • zely
    15 September 2009 at 2:14 pm
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    and you can take pictures with them too!!

  • zely
    15 September 2009 at 2:14 pm
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    and you can take pictures with them too!!

  • zely
    15 September 2009 at 9:14 am
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    and you can take pictures with them too!!

  • Chuck
    24 February 2010 at 3:10 am
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    What About SUNBURN ???
    No Hair?
    No Protection from The SUN !!

  • Chuck
    24 February 2010 at 3:10 am
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    What About SUNBURN ???
    No Hair?
    No Protection from The SUN !!

  • Chuck
    23 February 2010 at 10:10 pm
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    What About SUNBURN ???
    No Hair?
    No Protection from The SUN !!

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