Barking Rooster

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43105168

Malaysia wishes wrong New Year with a barking rooster

The Malaysian government is facing ridicule after it took out a full-page advert to celebrate the Lunar New Year - featuring a barking rooster.

The Year of the Rooster - based on the Chinese zodiac - has just ended, giving way to the Year of the Dog.

The trade ministry's advert wished people a prosperous Year of the Dog - but showed a rooster emitting a dog's bark in Chinese.

The ministry apologised for the "technical error".

The cultural quagmire is complicated by a view held by some Malaysian Muslims that dogs are unclean animals.

Earlier this week, Reuters reported that Malaysian businesses were ignoring or playing down canine symbols - to avoid offending the Muslim majority. Ethnic Chinese make up about a quarter of the country's population.

That led many to think that the advert printed in Chinese language newspapers was a misguided attempt to avoid a picture of a dog - whether it made sense or not.

I guess it's going to be a "ruff" New Year in Malaysia

Well now, Dog gone. That's something to row about.

It's a dog's world after all.

Whoa, somebody cocked that up!

Where will it all lead?

In hanoi they had a massive rooster bush to celebrate... talking about birds, saw a little one looking very lost and confused today 🙁