Chinese zoo under fire after purported African lion starts barking. Yep, It was a dog..

A Chinese zoo's supposed "African lion" was exposed as a fraud when the dog used as a substitute started barking.The zoo in the People's Park of Luohe, in the central province of Henan, replaced exotic exhibits with common species, according to the state-run Beijing Youth Daily.It quoted a customer surnamed Liu who wanted to show her son the different sounds animals made -- but he pointed out that the animal in the cage labelled "African lion" was barking.The beast was in fact a Tibetan mastiff -- a large and long-haired breed of dog.

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