From January 31, 2024 it will be against the law to own an XL Bully dog in England and Wales unless it is registered on the Index of Exempted dogs and is compliant with the requirements. Pet owners will also have to comply with regulations, with all XL Bullies kept on leads and muzzled when in public from December 31st, 2023. The XL Bully is now on the list of banned dogs under the Dangerous Dogs Act.
Pet owners that decide to keep these dogs, the registration fees are £92.40 and they will also have to get public liability insurance and microchip their animals. Although it is already law that every dog must be microchipped and wear a tag with owners telephone number and postal code. If people decide to have their dog put to sleep, the government is willing to pay a compensation of up to £200.
DEFRA recommend that all breeding stops now. Rescue centres and shelters will be given £100 per dog for them to be put to sleep. There was an XL dog that attacked a woman that had adopted it from the Dog's Trust Charity, and if you look at rescue shelter pages, they usually have these types of dogs. Hence, I anticipate that charities like Dogs Trust will be busy having these dogs injected. There is no point in keeping them in the shelters any longer because it is "illegal" to rehome them.
From the 31st of December, 2023, it will be illegal to breed, sell, gift, exchange, rehome, abandon or allow the dogs to stray. In Scotland, ministers are still to make a decision.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/exact-date-xl-bully-dogs-31325335
Yesterday, there was news that a model who owned one of these dogs has been sent to prison for 4 months because his dog attacked another dog. Also if your dog kills another dog or harms a person, it's not only a prison sentence, you can be banned from ever owning any dog again.
And another dog attack reported today. The man was on his mobility scooter.
Another court case, owners fined £500 due to a dog attack on a child. They asked the police to remove the dog and have it put down.
And another.
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