Dog on death row escapes from pet hotel

Albany, Oregon – Blue the dog had spent his days locked up in the Albany Pet Hotel, waiting while his death sentence is appealed. Now police say someone climbed the fence at the hotel, smashed a window and helped Blue the dog escape death row. Albany police Lt. Casey Dorland said that the only thing reported missing from the kennel is the fugitive canine. Police believe he was taken sometime Sunday night or early Monday morning. Blue was sentenced to die last fall after he bit a toddler, but his owner appealed.  more