Donkeys hired as zebras

Friday, October 9, 2009


In Gaza, there's a shortage of zebras. Donkeys get dye-job, take on zebra role:
Two white donkeys dyed with black stripes delighted Palestinian kids at a small Gaza zoo on Thursday who had never seen a zebra in the flesh.

Nidal Barghouthi, whose father owns the Marah Land zoo, said the two female donkeys were striped using masking tape and women's hair dye, applied with a paint-brush.

"The first time we used paint but it didn't look good," he said. "The children don't know so they call them zebras and they are happy to see something new."

A genuine zebra would have been too expensive to bring into Israel-blockaded Gaza via smuggling tunnels under the border with Egypt, said owner Mohammed Bargouthi. "It would have cost me $40,000 to get a real one."


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1 comentarii:

Michael Z. said...

Israel national zoo donated 2 Zebras to the Gaza zoo yesterday. They got it for free.

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