China Scene: North

Now that's a zebra of a different color

Peddlers at the Changchun Zoo and Botanical Garden painted ordinary horses to resemble zebras so people could ride them and take pictures during last week's May Day holiday.

Many parents let their children ride the fake zebras for laughs. "We didn't care if the zebras were real or fake, so long as our children had fun," people said when a local reporter told them about the scheme.