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Palestinian children in Gaza received a very special treat today. They had the opportunity to see a zebra in flesh. Well, a “zebra”.
A small Gaza zoo dyed two female donkeys white and striped the two using women’s hair-dye and a paint brush. It charged $15 for a full busload of children to meet the zebras - a bargain for an animal that would have cost $40,000 to bring to the Israel-blockaded Gaza.
In Arabic the word for zebra literally means ‘a wild donkey’, so maybe these donkeys weren’t too far off.
Click below to judge the dye job for yourself:
PHOTO: Palestinian boys ride dyed donkeys at Marah Land zoo in Gaza City October 8, 2009. REUTERS/Mohammed Sale
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[...] Cleverly disguised … [...]
- Posted by Mules for nonbelievers « Just ‘because’i’m surprised that israel allowed this. isn’t this some sort of terrorist training? where are the bombs and bullets??
- Posted by hassan[...] See a video from Reuters. [...]
- Posted by Earning their Stripes - Weird Horse News