A lion and a dog at the zoo Photo: screenshot of video posted on Sina Weibo
Many residents in Xichang, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province were interested after a new local zoo opened, but later they were shocked to see a cage claiming to have an African lion that had a golden retriever dog instead.
A video clip shot by one of the visitors has gone viral on Chinese social media, showing a golden retriever lying in a cage, with a sign outside saying it was an African lion.
“Dogs are so busy replacing other animals in zoos. I recalled the dog that was substituted for a wolf in another Chinese zoo,” one netizen said on China’s Twitter-like Sina Weibo.
The zoo responded on Monday to Red Star News, admitting that this was a mistake and…