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Gaza zookeepers draw crowds with zany zebras

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OCTOBER 8, 2009 19:05

Gaza City zookeepers have found a creative way of drawing crowds to their dilapidated zoo - by painting their donkeys. The Marah Land Zoo's only two zebras died of hunger earlier this year when they were neglected during the Israel-Hamas war. The popular animals were too expensive to replace, so the keepers decided to design a pair of donkeys with black and white patterns instead. Ahmad Barghouti says a professional painter used French-manufactured hair coloring to make the donkeys look like zebras. Hasan Yaseen said Thursday since his three children have never seen a real zebra, they enjoy the Gaza version. Aside from the two 'zebras,' the zoo also flaunts an aging tigress, two monkeys, and a selection of birds, rabbits and cats.

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