Animal Crackheads
The mission statement of the San Diego Zoo, one of the finest in the world, reads as follows:
The San Diego Zoo is a conservation, education, and recreation organization dedicated to the reproduction, protection, and exhibition of animals, plants, and their habitats.
While no one expects every zoo around the world to achieve the level of prestige that San Diego maintains, it's hard to believe that the latest stunt by a zoo in Gaza City wouldn't violate the policies of "education" and "protection" or even "exhibition" of animals. Israel apparently has such tight restrictions on what can be imported into the Gaza Strip that new zoo animals simply don't make the cut.
So, when the zebras that were in the zoo's possession died after being neglected during Israel's blockade of Gaza, the zookeepers decided that instead of paying the exorbitant cost of smuggling new zebras into the zoo, they would do the next best thing, and paint a bunch of stripes on some donkeys.
According to the son of the zoo's owner: "The children don't know, so they call them zebras and they are happy to see something new."
Of course, if you're going to use paint and fake hair on a donkey to give the children a thrill, why not go all the way and make a couple of unicorns?
