Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Dog attacks rose in the first five months of the ban on the XL bully breed, figures obtained by The Independent revealed - as police chiefs warn ...

In December last year a nine-month-old baby was mauled by an XL Bully. Arabella was airlifted for treatment after being savaged by the dog, which was euthanised following the attack. The infant ...

The XL Bully, which was unregistered with police though known to local vets as "Rocco the Dude", was later seized and humanely destroyed. Allison was additionally banned from owning dogs for 10 years.

The owner of an XL Bully dog which savaged a man to death has been jailed for three years. Christopher Bell, 45, previously admitted being the owner of a dog which caused injury leading to death ...

Last August, a 12-month-old girl was hospitalised after being attacked by an XL Bully dog in north Kerry. A month later, an XL Bully was destroyed after it attacked its owner in Kilmore ...

Since February, it has been a criminal offence to own an XL bully dog in England and Wales without an exemption certificate (Jacob King/PA) Enforcing a ban on XL bully dogs is placing a “huge ...

From Saturday, it will be illegal to own an XL bully dog in Ireland unless the owner has a certificate of exemption, which confirms that the dog is licensed, microchipped and neutered. XL bully ...

Dog attacks rose in the first five months of the ban on the XL bully breed, figures obtained by The Independent revealed - as police chiefs warn the legislation will be no “overnight fix”.

An XL Bully is a a 'large dog with a muscular body and blocky head' In England and Wales, however, some 57,000 certificates of exemption were issued before a similar ban took effect there in ...

"We must be mindful however that no dog’s life is worth more than human life. Ultimately that is what guided me in making this decision. "The XL bully was responsible for the horrific attack on ...

A dog owner whose XL bully savagely bit a man and left him hospitalised has admitted failing to keep the animal under control. Stephen Clay pleaded guilty to being the owner of a dangerously out ...

A number of police forces across the UK have reported an increase in attacks by dogs since the XL Bully ban came into force. Police have spent more than £11 million kennelling banned dog breeds ...