A zoo in Cairo is facing criticism from visitors who allege a pair of zebras -- not the ones pictured here -- are actually donkeys painted with black and white stripes. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo
The photos, which went viral, show the animals' stripes appear to be smudging.
A veterinarian who analyzed the photos said the coloring of the faces do not align with a normal zebra's appearance, and their stripes do not appear to be consistent.
Mohamed Sultan, the zoo's director, told a local radio station that none of the animals in the facility are fraudulent.
A Chinese zoo came under fire in 2013 when sharp-eyed visitors noticed an animal labeled as a "lion" was in fact just an especially fluffy dog. The People's Park of Luohe said the Tibetan mastiff was a temporary replacement for the zoo's real lion, which was away at a breeding facility.
