SIR JOHN HAYES: The American Bully XL is a monstrous killer that MUST be banned – we must outlaw this breed before more innocent people are killed
- So far this year, there have been at least two fatal Bully dog attacks
- Sir Hayes is also requesting an update on the Public Spaces Protection Orders
- READ MORE: Woman, 28, mauled to death by pack of dogs in leafy Surrey park ‘was killed by her own American Bully XL’
The American Bully XL is a monstrous killer that MUST be banned…the government must act now to outlaw the breed before more innocent people are killed
Britain is a nation of dog lovers. Millions give care and gain comfort from canine companions.
Nevertheless, recognising that not all dogs are harmless, laws have been in place for 1000 years to protect people and other animals from dangerous dogs.
The earliest edict aimed at tackling the risks that dogs may pose dates all the way back to Alfred the Great – a ruling made that ”if a dog tear or bite a man, for the first misdeed let six shillings be paid’.
Victorian legislation, most notably the 1839 Metropolitan Police Act and the 1871 Dogs Act, handed authorities for the first time powers to fine owners who failed to control an ‘unmuzzled ferocious dog’, and, later, allowed the police to seize such violent creatures in the public interest.
Sir John Hayes (pictured above) is calling for the Government to pass new legislation to ban the breeding and sale of the American Bully XL
Some celebrities see these breeds as status symbols, thus simultaneously legitimising cruelty and making the fighting dogs more popular
So far this year, there have been at least two fatal Bully dog attacks – and there are fears that the breed may be responsible for three other dog killings
In more recent times, the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act was passed in the wake of a savage Pit Bull Terrier attack on six-year-old Rucksana Khan in Bradford. This followed similar incidents, leading to a Government promise to ‘to rid the country of the menace of these fighting dogs’.
The 1991 law, though a huge step in the right direction, bans the owning, breeding and selling of just four breeds – the aforementioned Pit Bull Terrier, the Japanese Tosa, the Dogo Argentino, and the Fila Brasilerio. Critics of that legislation say it doesn’t do enough to deal with the owners who are often culpable, by negligence, for dog attacks, whilst others rightly question whether enough dangerous breeds are included on the prohibited list.
Tragically, the subject of dangerous dogs is salient again. The UK saw 10 dog attacks last year – of which seven were believed to be from the American Bully XL breed.
Last year 17-month-old Bella-Rae Birch was killed by an American Bully XL, as was ten year old Jack Lis, in late 2021. In just the last few weeks, a 37 year old man was killed by such a dog in Greater Manchester.
So far this year, there have been at least two fatal Bully dog attacks – and there are fears that the breed may be responsible for three other dog killings.
Closely related to the banned Pit Bull Terrier, the American Bully XL can weigh up to 9 and a half stone.
The Bully is bred for fighting, and so poses a particular safety risk. Indeed, some experts -including those who advised on the Dangerous Dogs Act- have warned that breeders are making the Bully XL’s bigger and more muscular. Make no mistake these dogs are bred to fight and kill.
The cruelty knows no bounds as, in turn, selective breeding may make them more fierce by instinct, as the dogs are in pain resulting from the way they are spawned.
One expert warned that amateur breeders are ‘tinkering with DNA…trying to create monsters and they’ve managed it.’
There were reports that over 1,700 children were treated in hospital after being bitten by dogs last year
Some senseless so-called ‘celebrities’ see these breeds as status symbols, thus simultaneously legitimising cruelty and making the fighting Bully dogs more popular.
Empty minds on empty minded social media have amplified this dreadful trend.
READ MORE: Experts warn the American crossbreed can kill in 60 seconds and UK deaths will soar as breeders ‘create monsters’ by changing DNA of the animals to give them ‘enhanced muscles’
As the Daily Mail recently reported – deaths cause by dog attacks have more than doubled in the past two years; from four in 2021 to a record ten in 2022.
Experts are clear that the Bullies are to blame.
This is on top of recent reports that over 1,700 children were treated in hospital after being bitten by dogs last year – startlingly, that’s four children every day!
What’s worse, we don’t even know how many of these dangerous dogs there are in our country.
It is time for the 1991 law to be updated to reflect this new threat to public safety.
I am calling for the Government to pass new legislation to ban the breeding and sale of these dangerous dogs.
It is also time to look at updating Public Spaces Protection Orders – previously called Dog Control Orders –for the specific purpose of protecting the innocent from such vicious animals.
Certainly, owners must take greater responsibility for their animals.
It is said that a dog is a ‘man’s best friend’, and so many bring so much joy – pets which are a loved part of families. Contrast this with the brutal culture of raising vicious dogs which are ‘man’s worst enemy’.
Maulings at the hands of ferocious dogs should be consigned to our past.
Banning the American Bully XL is just plain common sense.
Ministers must act before more innocent lives are lost to savagery.
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