Rose Milne, the rescue co-ordinator on the Second Chance Animal Rescue in Mansbridge, mentioned that she has been receiving greater than ten calls each week from homeowners that need rid of their XL bullies.
She mentioned: “Since the announcement of the ban, homeowners are offloading them to each animal or canine shelter throughout the nation.
“I have seen an XL bully for sale online for as little as ten pounds – that is how badly owners want rid of them.”
On September 15, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak introduced that the American XL bully breed could be added to the listing of canine breeds banned within the UK by the tip of 2023.
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Rescue co-ordinator Rose mentioned: “The actually tragic half is that many of those bullies are solely 11 months old or younger.
“With animal shelters quickly working out of room the unhappy reality is that many of those bullies will find yourself being put down.
“These poor dogs at the moment are paying for the sins of irresponsible canine homeowners. This is simply the tip of the iceberg, and the image is barely going to look worse when the ban comes into drive.
“An XL bully is a cross between six different dogs and so dog wardens are going to have a hell of a job to police the ban.”
Rose mentioned that when the Pitbull ban got here into drive in 1991, homeowners weren’t allowed to promote or give away the canine that means that many needed to be put down.
She added: “It is the irresponsible homeowners and canine breeders that needs to be paying for assaults not the breed.
“There are simply as many pleasant and innocent XL bullies as there are vicious and nasty ones.
In September, a person’s canine was almost killed in Southampton by an XL bully who was off the lead. The man feared his canine was useless earlier than the bully was dragged away by its homeowners.
