Police in Sheffield seize 22 dogs from unlawful XL Bully farm

A suspected unlawful XL Bully breeding farm has been raided by police in Sheffield.

A complete of twenty-two animals have been seized from an allotment, together with moms and pups, in what officers described as “appalling circumstances”.

A South Yorkshire Police spokesperson mentioned six of the animals have been so unwell they have been put to sleep.

Ch Insp Emma Cheney mentioned: “Animal cruelty and struggling is not going to be tolerated inside South Yorkshire.”

Police officers and officers from the council’s animal well being staff found the breeding facility on the Infield Lane allotment website, off Greenland Road, on Thursday.

They drafted in specialist assist and took away the creatures, which have been mentioned by police to be dwelling in “small, insufficient, unhygienic circumstances”.

Ch Insp Cheney, who’s answerable for the power’s response to harmful dogs, mentioned: “We have no idea how lengthy a few of the dogs have been dwelling in these circumstances, with feminine dogs having litters of puppies, whereas in their very own struggling state.

“Following the XL Bully ban put in place earlier this 12 months, it’s now towards the regulation to breed the dogs.

“Separate to the investigation round these dogs being XL Bullys, animal cruelty and struggling is not going to be tolerated inside South Yorkshire and we’ll proceed to work with companions to make sure these accountable are put earlier than the courts.”

Police mentioned a suspect had been “recognized” and the remaining animals have been now being cared for in police kennels.

These included a two-year-old being attacked by the household pet in addition to others left needing surgical procedure, following assaults by their very own dogs of their properties.

The power mentioned it had seized greater than 300 dogs within the first 4 months of the 12 months.