Saturday 19 January 2013

Dog groomed to look like a lion sparks big cat police panic


A harmless Labradoodle sparked fears of a big cat on the loose in the US after being mistaken by members of the public for a lion.

US police responded to calls from panicked residents in Norfolk, Virginia, who rang 911 claiming a fearsome jungle cat was wandering the streets.

Officers checked with Virginia Zoo to make sure all their lions were accounted for before launching an investigation into the claims.

Blind panic was soon replaced by laughter however when it emerged the ‘big cat on the loose’ was in fact a local celebrity canine named Charles the Monarch.

A cross between a Labrador retriever and a poodle, Charles has been shaved to look like the mascot of nearby Old Dominion University by his fanatical football fan owner  Daniel Painter.
Mr Painter said his pet dog, who has more than 2,000 friends on Facebook, is often mistaken for a lion thanks to his furry mane.

‘I tell people he’s a Lab-a-lion, and half the people believe that,’ he told The Virginian Pilot.
In England, several sightings of an elusive Essex lion sparked a major police operation before it was eventually called off after authorities admitted ‘it was probably a big pet cat’.

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