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Dog Held in Attack Scales Wall to Escape
Wednesday, April 5, 2006

(04-05) 14:19 PDT Virginia Beach, Va. (AP) --
An American bulldog that was being held by the Animal Control Bureau because he attacked another dog escaped from a kennel by scaling a 7-foot concrete wall topped with barbed wire.
Police and Animal Control officers continued to search Wednesday for the dog, Rosco, who broke loose early Tuesday. Rosco is white with brown patches and is considered dangerous.
"At this point we can't say if it's aggressive to people," said Steve Snyder, an Animal Control supervisor who said that while the dog looks like a pit bull to him, it is known as an American bulldog. "It did chew up another dog really bad. ... We're not exactly sure how it would react to strange humans."
The dog was brought to the kennel Sunday because it had jumped over a fence into a yard and attacked another dog, Snyder said. The owner was charged with having a dangerous dog, he said.
A female companion American bulldog that was with Rosco at the time also was taken into custody and remained at the kennel, Snyder said.
This is the first time Animal Control has had a dog escape by going over the wall, he said.
Rosco chewed and bent the latch on his outdoor pen, enabling him to push open the door. He then must have jumped high enough to get a foothold on top of the wall and squeezed through the barbed wire, Snyder said.
"He got out, climbed over the fence and said, 'See ya,'" Snyder said

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