Zoo accused of painting donkeys to look like zebras

[A Turtle Named Mack]

An Egyptian zoo is insisting it did not paint a pair of donkeys to look like zebras. Cairo's International Garden municipal park became a target of ridicule after an Egyptian student, Mahmoud Sarhan, posted images on Facebook of the suspicious beast. Sarhan said that the zoo's two zebras were obviously painted donkeys, a view that has since been embraced by online animal experts. However, zoo director Mohamed Sultan told a local radio station that his zebras are real, dismissing claims that they are just painted donkeys, according to the BBC.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zoo-acc...k-like-zebras/

[GenYus234]

Zebra-a-chow

http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=96838

[Tootsie Plunkette]

One of the articles linked to a video of the "zebras." They sure look painted to me. Or zebras with very strange, sad coats.

[A Turtle Named Mack]

Originally Posted by GenYus234

Zebra-a-chow

http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=96838

YEah, almost as soon as I posted, I saw that one. I am rusty on posting procedure. I also could not remember how to delete

[iskinner]

I did not see a painted donkey as much as a likely donkey/zebra cross bred animal.

ETA: but IANAAB (Animal Breeder) or any other professional whom would have any sort of insight into such matters.

[Alarm]

Originally Posted by iskinner

I did not see a painted donkey as much as a likely donkey/zebra cross bred animal.

ETA: but IANAAB (Animal Breeder) or any other professional whom would have any sort of insight into such matters.

The stripes on his face running is the giveaway, though...