Update 11:
More Attacks
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12651583/XL-Bully-dog-mauls-teenage-boy-Scotland.html
Thursday 19/10/23
Horrifying moment a dog, suspected to be an XL Bully, mauls a teenage boy outside a block of flats in Scotland as hero locals try to fight animal off with a mop.
The 18-year-old is seen laying helplessly on the ground as the dog relentlessly bites him.
He was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment after the savaging by the brown and white hound on Wednesday morning.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-named-Zeus-attacked-three-children-sold.html
Tuesday 24/10/23
An out-of-control XL Bully named 'Zeus' attacked three young children in separate attacks this summer - before being quietly sold by its owners.
David McColl, 37, and Andrea McColl, 35, appeared at the Sheriff Court in Forfar, Angus, Scotland, where they each admitted to a separate charge of being responsible for Zeus when he was dangerously out of control.
Zeus
On June 22, Zeus attacked and injured two boys, aged 9 and 10, near Andrea McColl's home while he was off the lead in her street, the Courier reports.
Just a month later, on July 23, the dog bit and scratched an eight-year-old boy after jumping at him and knocking him to the ground while David McColl was in charge.
Since the attacks, the XL Bully has been sold on to a new owner, the court heard.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12683393/xl-bully-attack-police-leicestershire-ibstock.html
Saturday 28/10/23
A police officer was attacked by a huge dog, believed to be the now banned XL Bully, and has been left with serious injuries.
Officers entered an address in Lewis Close in Ibstock, Leicestershire, on Thursday afternoon, when they were attacked by a large dog kept in the kitchen.
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The officers were carrying out a search for a man wanted by police when the dog, believed to be an XL bully, struck.
One of the officers received a bite to the upper leg, leading to overnight hospitalisation with serious injuries.
The second officer suffered a small cut to his hand.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/29/two-arrested-wallsend-xl-bully-dog-attack-northumbria
Sunday 29/10/23
Two people have been arrested after a young woman suffered serious injuries in a suspected dog attack involving a pair of XL bullies in North Tyneside.
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Police officers were called to an address in the Sydney Grove area of Wallsend at 11pm on Saturday after reports that a woman and two dogs had been injured.
The 29-year-old woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries to her leg and arms.
Two injured dogs were also taken for treatment and remain with a vet.
A 22-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dangerously out-of-control dog. They both remain in custody.
Ban
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67273889
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...-bully-dogs-to-be-banned-in-england-and-wales
American bully XLs are being added to the list of banned dogs in England and Wales, making it illegal to own one without an exemption from 1 February next year.
From January the dogs will also have to be muzzled and on a lead in public.
There will be a longer deadline for owners to ensure the dogs are neutered.
From 31 December 2023 it will be against the law to sell, abandon, breed from or give away an American bully XL, or have one in public without a lead or muzzle.
If Scottish ministers agree, then the ban will be applied in Scotland.
In Northern Ireland a ban on an American bully XL would require a separate change to legislation, either by a sitting Assembly and Executive or through an intervention by the Northern Ireland Secretary.
The environment secretary, Thérèse Coffey,
said: “We are taking quick and decisive action to protect the public from tragic dog attacks and today I have added the XL bully type to the list of dogs prohibited under the Dangerous Dogs Act. We will continue to work closely with the police, canine and veterinary experts, and animal welfare groups, as we take forward these important measures.”
