This undated photo provided by the Virginia Zoo shows the zoo's executive director Greg Brockheim with Charles the Monarch, a Labradoodle with a cut resembling the shaggy mane and tawny coat of a lion, in Norfolk Va. (AP Photo)-
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According to Fox News.com, a dog shaved to look like a lion reportedly sparked a 911 call in Virginia, where Charles
the Labradoodle has turned heads for some time.
The Virginian-Pilot reports that the 911 caller told police that the baby
lion was walking down Colley
Avenue in Norfolk,
possibly looking for food near 50th
Street. Police, in turn, called the Virginia Zoo
early Tuesday to make sure the lions were all accounted for, zoo spokesman
Winfield Danielson told the newspaper.
As it turns out, the lion was later identified as Charles, a cross of
Labrador retriever and poodle shaved down to look like the mascot of Old
Dominion University.
"He has a thousand-and-200-some friends on Facebook," said owner Chris
Painter.
Painter said police have told him several times that Charles had been
mistaken for a lion. But in reality, Painter said, the dog loves children and
tailgating at ODU football games, as well as the occasional slice at University
Pizza.
