Zookeepers paint donkeys like zebras

11 October 2009
By sss

Gaza City zoo has found a creative way of drawing crowds to its dilapidated attraction by painting their donkeys as zebras.

The Marah Land Zoo's only two zebras died of hunger earlier this year when they were neglected during the Israel-Hamas war.

They were too expensive to replace, so the keepers decided to design a pair of donkeys with black and white patterns instead.

A professional painter used French-manufactured hair colouring to make the donkeys look like zebras.

http://www.lep.co.uk/weirdnews/Zookeepers-paint-donkeys-like-zebras.5722809.jp

See also:

• http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Gaza_zoo_replaces_zebras_by_painting_donkeys&in_article_id=750298&in_page_id=2
• http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/zoo_paints_stripes_on_donkeys