Home Secretary Suella Braverman is seeking “urgent advice” on banning “lethal” American bully XL dogs.
The prime minister’s spokesman described the Birmingham footage as “shocking”, said the government took the issue “extremely seriously” and added that the law on dangerous dogs had been “toughened” in 2020.
Emma Whitfield, whose 10-year-old son Jack Lis was mauled to death in Caerphilly, Wales, in 2021, questioned why it had “taken this video and not a child’s life to do something?”
The American bully XL is not subject to any legal restrictions in the UK but advice on a ban was commissioned last week, an adviser said.
But Barry Gardiner, Labour MP and member of the Common’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA), told BBC News he did not think it was right to ban the breed, saying it was about controlling owners.
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Home Secretary Suella Braverman is seeking “urgent advice” on banning “lethal” American bully XL dogs.
The prime minister’s spokesman described the Birmingham footage as “shocking”, said the government took the issue “extremely seriously” and added that the law on dangerous dogs had been “toughened” in 2020.
Emma Whitfield, whose 10-year-old son Jack Lis was mauled to death in Caerphilly, Wales, in 2021, questioned why it had “taken this video and not a child’s life to do something?”
The American bully XL is not subject to any legal restrictions in the UK but advice on a ban was commissioned last week, an adviser said.
But Barry Gardiner, Labour MP and member of the Common’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA), told BBC News he did not think it was right to ban the breed, saying it was about controlling owners.
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