'I’d like to report a lion sighting': Virginia dog mistaken for lion generates 911 calls

911 callers in Norfolk, Virginia, were shocked when they reported seeing a lion moving through the streets of their quiet neighbourhoods. The owner of the "lion" was less surprised his pet Charles-the-Monarch was garnering so much attention, despite the fact that Charles is a dog with a royal name and not the king of all cats.

"I tell people he's a Lab-a-lion, and half the people believe that," Daniel Painter told the