Officials at the Xiangwushan Zoo in Xianning, China, said the rottweiler dog spotted in an enclosure labeled for a wolf is only temporarily housed in the habitat to prevent people from using the empty enclosure to sneak into the zoo. Photo by PublicDomainPictures/Pixabay.com
The filmer said a zoo employee told him there used to be a wolf in the cage, but it died of old age.
An official with Forestry Bureau Office of Xianning City said the zoo told authorities the dog was being temporarily housed in the wolf enclosure to prevent people from trying to sneak into the zoo by scaling the wall into the habitat.
The official said the zoo has now been asked to remove signs from the enclosure that identify its inhabitant as a wolf.
