Dog attacks have been back in the news after a video of an 11-year-old girl being attacked by an American bully XL surfaced on social media, prompting the home secretary, Suella Braverman, to announce she has commissioned urgent advice on outlawing the dogs.
Yet in 2022, out of the 10 fatal dog attacks, six involved a bully XL and earlier this month two bully XL dogs were shot dead after killing 24 pregnant sheep in north Wales.
Braverman has said the animals are a clear and lethal danger, but the Dog Control Coalition, a group that includes the RSPCA, Battersea Dogs Home and the Royal Kennel Club, have pushed back, insisting the problem is not the breed as a whole, rather the attacks are due to irresponsible breeding, rearing and ownership.
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