A year since new laws restricted the keeping of Xl Bullies in Scotland, there are concerns that another breed is becoming the ...

An XL bully dog left a Leicestershire Police officer needing surgery after it attacked him inside a home. In the attack, which was captured on the policeman's body-worn camera, the dog clamped its ...

A former dog legislation officer said frontline police enforcing the legislation have been 'swamped'  after the ban came into ...

A ban on XL Bully dogs comes into force tomorrow, meaning it will be illegal to keep one unless the owner has a certificate of exemption. The certificate, which is issued by local authorities ...

As the XL Bully ban marks its first year, the financial and logistical strain on police forces intensifies, with thousands of ...

XL Bully dogs in the care of animal welfare organisations that was due to come into force tomorrow. The ruling came after the State said it was set to oppose an injunction application brought by ...

Lisa Willis, who was attacked by an XL Bully months after the ban came into force on December 31 last year, said the law was 'useless'. She said that the owners of dogs like the one that mauled ...

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The XL Bully ban is predicted to cost police £25 million in vet ...

Police have seized more than 4,500 suspected illegal dogs since the introduction of a new law banning unregistered XL Bullies ... at least one in every police force. Since the ban came in 4,586 ...

The medical cause of her death was recorded as 'dog bite wounds to the upper right ... to be charged since new laws on owning XL bullies came into force earlier this year. But Ms Martin's ...