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Friday, July 31, 2009

The only zoos in the world where the animals are smuggled through tunnels.

The only zoos in the world where the animals are smuggled through tunnels. - By Sharon Weinberger - Slate Magazine: "'It's really a painted donkey,' admitted Mahmud Berghat, the director of Marah, when asked about the creature. Making a fake zebra isn't easy—henna didn't work and wood paint was deemed inhumane, so they finally settled on human hair dye. 'We cut its hair short and then painted the stripes,' Berghat explained behind the closed door of his office."

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