Ex-Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has backed a ban on XL Bully dogs after one of many animals mauled a woman, 11, and two males.
The dog bit the teenager after she ran previous it whereas it was being walked by its proprietor in Bordesley Green, Birmingham yesterday (10 September).
Two males intervened however have been bitten and left with accidents to their shoulders and arms and all three have been taken to hospital to be handled for his or her accidents.
West Midlands Police mentioned it’s investigating the incident however has not revealed the situation of the victims.
Recent analysis revealed XL Bully’s have been concerned in most deadly canine assaults within the UK since 2021 and several other MPs and police forces have known as for it to be to the record of banned canine breeds breeds.
Following the assault, the South Swindon MP took to X (previously Twitter) to affix these calling for the ban, saying: “I am deeply concerned by the rise of attacks on people, pets and livestock by XL Bully dogs . The Government should take action and ban these dogs.”
Mr Buckland additionally shared stunning footage of the assault alongside his publish, which exhibits the canine biting the woman in a crowded avenue, earlier than a person intervenes.
The animal is then pinned to the ground earlier than bystanders, earlier than it breaks free after which chases one other man into a petroleum station forecourt. It then catches up with the person and mauls him after he falls to the ground.
The footage, which was recorded on the highest of a double-decker bus, then exhibits the person managing to stand up and run away, earlier than he once more falls to the ground and is bitten by the animal.
West Midlands Police mentioned after canine went berserk it was taken to an area vet to be checked over earlier than being taken into safe kennels. The power mentioned officers had spoken to the canine’s homeowners.
It comes only a week after it emerged two XL Bully dogs have been shot lifeless for killing 22 pregnant sheep and attacking dozens of others in North Wales.
Safety campaigners warn the dogs, which weigh as much as 70kg, may be tough to manage and have robust jaws and a chunk able to inflicting severe hurt.
The Dangerous Dogs Act already makes it against the law to personal some breeds of dogs within the UK, together with the Pit Bull Terrier and Japanese Tosa – however the XL Bully shouldn’t be but lined by the regulation regardless of quite a few deadly assaults linked to the breed.
The research of canine assaults discovered two in 4 lethal canine assaults Britain in 2021 concerned the breed, that are additionally recognized an American Bully, and the quantity rose to 6 in 10 in 2022, the MailOnline experiences.
Among those that have been murdered by American bully dogs was 10-year-old Welsh schoolboy Jack Lis who was attacked while playing at a friend’s house in November 2011.
The teenager’s mom Emma Whitfield, has known as for an overhaul of the Dangerous Dogs Act “to make sure that nobody else is ever put in the position of me and my family”
Another individual was Jonathan Hogg, 37, was mauled to loss of life by his buddy’s canine in May this yr in Leigh, Greater Manchester.
Senior Tory MP Sir John Hayes mentioned in June that “no debate” is required that the breed should be banned.
He added banning the dogs was “something that we want to act on sooner rather than later because it is dangerous”.
The name was echoed by South Yorkshire Police, which mentioned it had handled 180 experiences of uncontrolled dogs in 2023 and a disproportionate quantity concerned the breed.
However atmosphere minister Lord Benyon, mentioned within the House of Commons final month that there are ”at present no plans so as to add further breed varieties to the banned breed record”.
West Midlands Police is requesting anybody with details about the incident to contact them and quoting reference quantity 3245 of 9 September.
