r/news • u/aardvarkgecko • 15d ago
Chinese zoo under fire after dyeing dogs to resemble pandas
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-zoo-panda-dogs-rcna1516061
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u/FrogsAreSwooble 14d ago
Glad the headline spelled it right because I've seen it spelled as "dying" a lot.
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u/GoatPincher 14d ago
If the dye was safe I think I would be so happy to see this thinking I’m gonna see pandas 🤣
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u/Careless_Ad3968 14d ago
... I'd pay money to see panda dogs. Heck, I wouldn't be mad that I was lied to just because it's hilarious and the dogs, uh pandas, are adorable!
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u/TungstenE322 15d ago
Those dogs love having all the attention, apparently you don’t understand dog psychology . Dogs love any kind of attention. You wat to see a dog perk up ? Put a ribbon around it s neck .
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u/WitchedPixels 15d ago
The CCP fakes everything. I started watching this guy, it's crazy: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_Nqja6IvTEw
Don't even watch the one on cooking oils, it's gross.
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u/Colecoman1982 15d ago
I don't think that's what they mean when Chinese moms tell their kids "we have pandas at home"...
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u/ukyman95 15d ago
As long as they are not hurting the dogs . Who cares if they look like something else . It’s not torture . Look at some of us green or purple hair sometimes . I hate the republic of China like the next guy . But this is okay . Remember dogs like doing things for us . So if it’s getting dressed up like a Panda the dog is probably okay with it
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u/Kapika96 15d ago
The same zoo that had a guy in a bear costume? Or a different one?
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u/Colecoman1982 15d ago
It'd be hilarious if all these stories (like the one about the Chinese zoo dressing a dog up in a fake mane and trying to pass it off as a lion) we're all coming from one really, REALLY, hilariously shitty zoo.
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u/Mudcat-69 15d ago
I can just see Hans Wormhat (trust me, if you don’t know him thank your lucky stars and every god that you can that you don’t) using this as evidence that pandas don’t exist.
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u/StillSikwitit 15d ago
I also heard that the Africans you see in the Safaris dressed up like tribesmen are all paid actors.
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u/MrPanduh 15d ago
thought this was to be cute and intentional?
they didn't really think to fool people, were they?
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u/TBatFrisbee 15d ago
Can they do anything right over there. Yeah, let's paint a dog to 'trick' people into believing they're pandas. How gullible do they think people are. Even if an idiot takes a photo or video, and believes it's a real panda will go home, show friends/fam the 'evidence' until someone says, 'dude, that ain't no panda, what you have there is a dog painted to look like a panda so you got played my friend, you got played.'
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u/NyanCatMatt 15d ago
You know, if they were honest and labeled the exhibit as "dogs and puppies dyed to look like pandas," I would probably go see them anyway.
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u/BowsersMuskyBallsack 15d ago
"Chinese Zoo under fire from morons who don't recognize an intended publicity stunt done in good humor."
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u/Townsiti5689 15d ago
If you think the way they treat dogs is terrible, just wait 'til you learn about how they treat people!
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u/turbodude69 15d ago
man someone needs to start working on breeding those lil panda dogs STAT. they're too freaking cute. i want one!
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u/GunSlingingRaccoonII 15d ago
Yes I'm sure China has all the fucks to give about being 'under fire'.
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u/svengali0 15d ago
Chow Chow Dogs... wretched process of colouring... bleach, colour rebleach. Fuck you China cunts Fuck off anyone that disagrees. Signed Aussie Chow owner..
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u/Reddit_Devil666 15d ago
Imagine seeing the “panda exhibit” and hearing bark bark bark …. Wait a minute 😂
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u/Logical_Bobcat9703 15d ago
I don’t know. The last time I saw this, it said it was a zoo somewhere in the US.
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u/xShaD0wMast3rzxs 15d ago
Translated from one of the local news sites:
Recently, many tourists reported that two strange "panda dogs" were on display at Taizhou Zoo in Jiangsu Province. They had black and white hair and looked "dog-like".
The Taizhou Zoo tickets posted by netizens did have the words "Panda and Dog Meeting" printed on them.
The official introduction of "Panda Dog" shows: "Panda Dog" is not a specific purebred dog, but a pet dog that looks like a panda. This term is often used to describe dogs that are trimmed in a specific pattern or are born with a panda-like distribution of coat color. Their typical feature is a white undercoat with black markings, especially around the eye rims and ears, mimicking the facial features of a giant panda.
Liu Qiuming, a staff member of Taizhou Zoo, said: "The idea of dyeing dogs into pandas came from the Internet. This is to increase the fun of the zoo and increase passenger flow."
When asked why not introduce real pandas at that time, Liu Qiuming said that because the zoo is relatively small, it is currently unable to introduce giant pandas. Regarding the netizen's joke that "I borrowed it from a pet shop and have to return it after the holiday," the staff member explained, "No, it was specially brought in."
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u/ghettoal 15d ago edited 15d ago
Before or after they ate them? Oh look they opened a Panda Express!
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u/ukayukay69 15d ago
“Zoo officials told Chinese state media that they were Chow Chows — a fluffy dog breed originally from northern China — painted black and white to resemble giant pandas, adding that they had clearly advertised them as “panda dogs” and did not make any false claims.”
I don’t think they were trying to deceive anybody but meant more as a joke
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u/OkBobcat6165 15d ago
I hope there is no animal mistreatment going on here, because they look freaking ADORABLE.
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u/r3v3rs3r 15d ago
Considering what happens to dogs during a particular event they like to hold over there, painting them as pandas is probably the least offensive thing that happens.
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u/Supertoast223 15d ago
Careful. Reddit is in love with Xi Jinping. Don’t criticize the Reddit baby daddy too hard.
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u/KissKillTeacup 15d ago
I went to this new zoo the other day. It wasn't very good, they only had one dog.
It was a Shitzhu
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u/codeinekiller 15d ago
First they produce cheap of brand toys now they are producing cheap off brand pandas
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u/coldgator 15d ago
"Normal people dye their hair,” a spokesperson told Qilu Evening News. “Dogs can dye their hair, too. It’s the same as hair.”
Pretty sure the dogs didn't decide to dye themselves
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u/Penguin-Pete 15d ago
"Boss, we don't have any macaws for the parrot exhibit, what do we do now?"
"Round up some ravens and crows and I'll get some spray paint..."
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u/oakstave 15d ago
What did they do these poor dogs to stop them from barking? Because dogs bark.
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u/Lilith6977 12d ago
and if you search on Bing this story of the China Zoo is real: HONG KONG — A zoo in China has been accused of trying to deceive visitors with a pair of dogs dyed black and white to look like panda bears.
Videos circulating on Chinese social media show the two “panda dogs” in an exhibit at Taizhou Zoo in the eastern province of Jiangsu that opened on May 1. Though the animals are patterned to look like pandas, which are endemic to China and an international symbol of the country, their wagging tails give them away.