All news on the topic: Time for action on danger dogs

Downing Street issued the advice on XL Bullies after a 39-year-old was man arrested following a fatal attack on a grandmother by two dogs in Essex at the weekend

The ban on XL Bullies has come into force but a mother whose child Jack Lis was a victim of a brutal dog attack says the rules against dangerous breeds don't go far enough

Bella-Rae was just 17 months old when she was killed in a dog attack at her home. Her mum Treysharn Bates now wants the breed to be banned before more people lose their lives

Police have issued an urgent appeal for information after two dogs attacked a number of horses in a field near Beaumont College in Lancaster this morning

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey said she was not planning to review the 32-year-old legislation, despite huge criticism of the 1991 Act from experts and animal charities

MPs were warned of the practical difficulties of neutering tens of thousands of the big, powerful animals after the Prime Minister vowed to ban the breed linked to a string of lethal attacks

Welsh Senedd Member Jack Sargeant recalled the terrifying moment he and King Charles Cavalier Coco were targeted by two off-the-lead Staffordshire Bull Terriers

WARING, GRAPHIC IMAGES: Ben Cźyżyk was mauled in a suspected XL Bully attack days after posting online in defence of the breed - vowing irresponsible owners must be held responsible instead of banning the dogs

Frightened owners of XL Bully dogs have been taking drastic measures to walk the animals since Rishi Sunak announced they would become a banned breed, says a dog trainer in the West Midlands

Experts and critics fear government plans to ban XL Bully dogs do not go far enough as they will not be culled and existing owners will be able to keep their pets but with new measures in place

Ex-Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe called on the Government to take the drastic measure amid a spate of horror attacks on children and adults

Bully-type dogs are being sold on online marketplaces without any form of checks - with some owners choosing to put them up for sale over problems with their behaviour

American XL Bully owner Dave Fakhr agreed tougher action was needed on dog owners taking them on, but stopped short of calling for the breed to be banned following a string of recent attacks

The mother of Jack Lis, whose son was mauled to death by a Bully XL in 2021, has spoken out after five-year-old Farrah-Leigh Nichol was attacked by a dog she'd been given permission to pat

Ministers are under pressure to act after 17 people were mauled to death in the past two years alone, but the Tories are refusing to commit to strengthening the law

Emma Whitfield's son Jack Lis was mauled to death by an XL Bully dog - she welcomed a Mirror poll that found 74% of people want those responsible for out-of-control beasts to face tougher prison terms

American Bully XL dogs have killed at least nine people in the past two years including 10-year-old Jack Lis, who was mauled by an eight-stone dog named Beast, and 17-month-old Bella-Rae Birch

Ellie Jayne Moon had to say goodbye to her beloved dog Marley over FaceTime after he sustained horrendous injuries in an XL Bully attack at a kennels in Barnsley, South Yorkshire

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Crystal Bates was just 17 when an English Bulldog savagely mauled her and ripped chunks of flesh from her leg - but she was allegedly warned off calling the police

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Victoria Ineson, 36, was set upon by a pair of out-of-control Boxers who escaped their home in Netherley, Liverpool and injured three other people

Four in five voters believe ministers should introduce tougher penalties for owners whose dogs are dangerously out of control amid calls for tighter curbs

Dog behaviourist expert Stan Rawlinson has called for a ban on breeders creating American Bully XL "monster" dogs he says are capable of killing a person in just a minute

Wayne David made the plea as MPs were shown a heartbreaking speech by Emma Whitfield, whose 10-year-old son Jack Lis was mauled to death by American XL Bully

Emma Whitfield's son Jack Lis, 10, was mauled to death by an XL Bully in November 2021, and since then 16 more people have died in dog attacks, including a woman in her 70s

The victim, who was in her 70s, was declared dead at the scene in Bedworth, Warwickshire, on Friday afternoon - police arrested