Chinese zoo tries to pass off dog as a lion

[LiberalElite]

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/08/china-zoo-lion-dog-tibetan-mastiff-photo.html?mid=google&google_editors_picks=true

The People's Park of Luohe has a completely reasonable explanation for why the animal inside its lion cage was actually a Tibetan mastiff, a very lion-y-looking breed of dog, as zoo-goers noticed recently when the lion barked:

The chief of the park's animal department, Liu Suya, was quoted by the Beijing Youth Daily as saying the lion had been taken to a breeding facility and the Tibetan mastiff temporarily placed in its cage because of safety concerns.

[jberryhill]

1. Close enough

You want to argue with that dog?

[LiberalElite]

2. noooooooo! but it made me laugh! eom

[leveymg]

3. They put that poor puppy in jail? Barbarians!

[CK_John]

4. They wanted to save it from been cooked.

[Skittles]

5. reminds me when someone noticed a cobweb on a rare snake at an American zoo

and the zoo was forced to admit it was rubber, that the real one was too hard to take care of

[Arugula Latte]

7. Maybe it was just a very, very lazy snake.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. gigantic dog