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Locally manufactured 'zebras'
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At Gaza's "Happy Land Zoo," donkeys earned their stripes and became zebras.

The two made-in-Gaza zebras have become symbols of life under the Israeli blockade, a local attraction and a bit of a joke.

"The zebras are locally manufactured," says zoo director Mahmud Barghut, grinning from ear to ear.

"We take a donkey and draw stripes on it."

The operation takes two days and entails the use of sticky tape and French-made hair colouring, which Barghut says works best for this kind of job.

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They are cut but not natural. However, donkeys are much more easier to train to cheer children than zebras since the latter is wild while the former is not.
omega4730 18-10-2009 01:56AM
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