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In the last year Kent Police has euthanised 54 dogs and returned 31 dogs who were not XL bullies to their owners, according to a BBC investigation. Mr Smith said, at times, they consult experts to ...
American XL bully dogs have been reponsible for a spate of attacks
Animal rescue centres are at “huge risk” of being inundated with abandoned XL bully dogs as a Government ban looms, the RSPCA has warned. ... If the pup is less than a year old by January 31 ...
Police confirmed they were believed to be XL Bully dogs but more tests were needed to determine the breed. [197] [198] 4 October 2023: Ian Langley 54 Male American Bully XL (1) [199] Houghton-le-Spring, England Langley was walking his Patterdale Terrier puppy when he was attacked by an XL Bully. He suffered injuries to his throat and later died ...
According to Bully Watch, a group set up by a group of dog owners to monitor the breed, XL’s were responsible for 45 per cent of dog attacks on human and other dogs this year.
Owners of XL bully dogs have two weeks to ensure their pets are legal. From December 31 the dogs must be muzzled in public and it will be illegal to breed, sell or abandon them.
The XL Bully was responsible for 10 of the 19 deaths caused by dogs in the UK in the period between 2021 and 2023, and in December 2023, the UK Government added the breed to the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, making it illegal to sell, breed, abandon or have a Bully XL in public without a lead and muzzle in England and Wales. [5]
In the past five years, there has been a 34 per cent increase in dog attacks, from 16,394 in 2018 to 21,918 last year. There were 10 fatal attacks in 2022, six of which involved an American XL bully.