Apos;Tiger apos; On A Leash Spotted In China Turns Out To Be A Dyed Pet Dog

A 'tiger' spotted being walked on a Chinese street has turned out to be a dog dyed orange and black by its owner.
Footage purporting to show a man walking the beast in north-western [/news/china/index.html China] became trending on social media today.
The pet with its golden fur and black stripes was actually a Caucasian shepherd dog with dyed hair and a fake long tail after its owner had given it a makeover, Lạc Sơn Đại Phật according to local media.
Footage purporting to show a man walking the majestic beast on the streets of Zhangye, Gansu Province in north-western China became trending on social media today.
The owner is said to have dyed his Caucasian shepherd (file photo) to resemble the wild animal
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The bizarre scene was captured yesterday by a pedestrian who encountered the pet owner and his dog on a street in the city of Zhangye, Gansu Province.
In a video obtained by [ ], the Chinese man is seen walking an odd-looking 'tiger' in front of curious onlookers.
A woman can be heard saying: 'It's fake. It really looks like a tiger.'
The owner had dyed his Caucasian shepherd to resemble the wild animal, according to the local newspaper, citing a witness.
He also wrapped a fake tail on the animal's back for the extra effect. But it remains unknown if the man had used toxic colouring on his pet.
The pet with its golden fur and black stripes was actually a Caucasian shepherd dog with dyed hair and a long fake tail after an exotic makeover by its owner, according to local media
This isn't the first time that a dog has been mistaken for a wild animal in China.
In June, a woman from south-western China's Sichuan Province was spotted [/news/article-8399395/Panda-leash-turns-dog-called-Pretty-Girl-dyed-owner.html walking a 'panda' over a crossing].
The little 'bear' was, in fact, a chow chow called 'Pretty Girl' who was dyed black and white by her owner.
Last year the owner of Cute Pet Games, a pet café in a Chengdu shopping mall, sparked controversy after dying his six chow chow dogs to look like pandas.
Dyeing pets has been a trend in pet pampering for quite some time. But over the past decade, a craze of turning your dogs into wild animals has grown amongst Chinese owners.
Without using high-quality products, dyed canines could die within as soon as a week after they lick their fur and ingest the toxic ink, leading to chronic illness and death.
Symptoms of the ink poisoning include extreme lethargy, a runny nose and kynghidongduong.vn a refusal to eat anything before the animals die a painful death.
Animal rights organisations have condemned the trend of dyeing pets.
In a previous interview, Elisa Allen, associate director at PETA, told MailOnline: 'Dogs are smart, complex animals, not toys. There is no safe way to dye a dog or any other animal.'
'There will always be risks of toxic poisoning... Putting a dog's health at risk by treating a companion animal like a novelty trinket is both unethical and unnecessary.'




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