A canine proprietor claims her ‘cuddly’ XL bully was savaged and left bloodied by a ‘feral’ cat after being left unable to defend itself due to the brand new regulation which requires the breed to put on a muzzle in public.
Casey Wilson, 26, was walking her ten-month-old pet Nova for the primary time because the restrictions got here into drive on New Year’s Day when she says the crazed cat ran at them ‘like a monster’ and sank its claws into the terrified canine’s head.
Sharing photos of her canine’s blood-drenched face, she stated Nova had been rendered ‘fully defenceless’ by the muzzle, including: ‘And they are saying XL bullies are the vicious ones!!’
It comes after a crackdown on the heavily-built breed, which campaigners say have been linked to 14 deadly assaults since 2021.
From February 1, it is going to be a legal offence to personal an XL bully in England and Wales with no certificates. Today, Scotland additionally introduced it will ban unlicensed XL Bully dogs after the nation noticed an inflow of the breed being deserted north of the border.
An XL Bully proprietor has shared pictures of her canine’s blood-drenched face after it was attacked by a crazed cat
Casey Wilson (pictured), 26, was walking Nova on a lead close to her mom Karen O’Brian’s home on Sunday when the attack occurred
Animal welfare teams concern the ban will overwhelm rescue centres and vets, with a whole lot of the dogs set to be put down, and say the regulation ought to goal unscrupulous homeowners and breeders as a substitute.
Ms Wilson, who works as a nursery assistant in Blackburn, Lancashire, was walking Nova on a lead close to her mom Karen O’Brian’s home on Sunday when the attack occurred.
She had beforehand been struggling to get her canine used to sporting a muzzle, saying Nova would ‘cower’ within the nook and attempt to take away it.
‘We lastly acquired ourselves out.. just for her to be ATTACKED by a f****** CAT!!!’ she wrote on social media, accompanied by graphic pictures of Nova’s accidents.
‘She was fully defenceless as a result of she had a cage round her face, not that she would even do something anyhow!!
‘And they are saying XL bullies are the vicious ones!!
‘You can actually see the place the feral factor had its claws on her nostril by way of the muzzle!!!’
In an extra publish, she added: ‘She was on the lead, the cat actually ran at her like a monster!! I could not even get it off her.’
After managing to drive the ginger and white cat off her canine, Ms Wilson dashed again to her mom’s home in tears.
‘Casey was hysterical,’ Ms O’Brian stated as we speak. ‘She was screaming ‘Mum, mum!’
‘Nova had blood pouring off her, she was a horrible sight.
‘She stated the cat got here out of nowhere and actually pounced on her, and it would not let go.
‘It was hissing and clawing on the sleeves of Casey’s coat.
Ms Wilson had beforehand been struggling to get her canine used to sporting a muzzle, saying Nova would ‘cower’ within the nook and attempt to take away it
Ms Wilson shared pictures of her XL bully following the attack. Here it’s wrapped in bandages
The attack comes after a crackdown on the heavily-built breed, which campaigners say have been linked to 14 deadly assaults since 2021
‘She stated Nova could not bark to scare the cat off due to the muzzle, so she was simply standing there.’
Ms O’Brian stated her daughter managed to scrub up the injuries and put a bandage on, and Nova did not want veterinary remedy.
‘It was the primary time she’s really managed to get Nova out for a brief walk with the muzzle on, after which this occurs,’ she added.
‘It simply reveals how merciless the regulation forcing XL bullies to put on muzzles is.
‘Nova is only a bouncy, pleasant, comfortable canine. She loves cuddles and she or he’s nice with mu grandchildren.
‘It’s heartbreaking that her first expertise of being walked on a lead and with a muzzle on has ended like this.
‘If it had been the opposite means round and she or he had attacked a cat, you possibly can guarantee folks can be saying she wanted to be put to sleep.
‘But she’s such a comfortable factor, she would not have retaliated even when she hadn’t had a muzzle on.
‘The regulation wants to focus on the homeowners who deal with their dogs badly, it isn’t truthful to make all XL bullies put on muzzles in public.’
Ms Wilson has beforehand shared clips of Nova struggling to get used to sporting a muzzle round the home, criticising Rishi Sunak and his Government for altering the regulation.
XL bully dogs might be banned in Scotland following on from the choice in England and Wales, it was introduced as we speak (inventory picture)
First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf throughout First Minster’s Questions on the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh, as we speak the place he introduced the ban
In response to her publish, social media customers have questioned whether or not a cat would attack a big canine like that.
But Becki Louise Taylor replied that the ‘very same occurred to me’ along with her personal ‘softy’ canine when a cat ran over and ‘scratched him round face’.
And Kelsey Parker wrote: ‘I’ve acquired a cat in my road that can actually pounce on my XL if we walk previous his territory.’
Since the beginning of January, XL bullies in England and Wales need to put on a muzzle and be stored on a lead in public.
Breeding, promoting and abandoning the dogs is now unlawful.
The breed was added to the Dangerous Dogs Act in October, giving homeowners two months to organize for the primary restrictions.
After the regulation was modified, the Dog Control Coalition – which is made up of teams together with the RSPCA, Blue Cross, Dogs Trust, Kennel Club and British Veterinary Association – stated breed-specific laws wouldn’t remedy the issue of assaults.
It stated: ‘The UK Government should deal with the foundation challenge by coping with the unscrupulous breeders, who’re placing revenue earlier than welfare, and the irresponsible homeowners whose dogs are dangerously uncontrolled.’
