Suella Braverman has said she is seeking 'urgent advice' after footage showed an American XL bully attacking an 11-year-old girl and a man in Birmingham. We spoke to two experts on the possible impact of a ban.
Banning American XL bullys is not as simple as updating the Dangerous Dogs Act - because they aren't actually a breed at all, according to one expert.attacking an 11-year-old girl and a man in Birmingham.
But one dog behaviourist told Sky News it is not as simple as just adding the dog breed to the legislation - because it's not actually a breed of dog at all.American XL bullys are 'not a breed' of dog "The dog is measured, proportioned, how much bigger is its head than its chest, what does its tail look like? And subjective things like springy gait. So it is compared and the police make a decision as to whether that dog has a substantial number of the characteristics of a pit bull terrier."
Dr Lawrence Newport has been tracking the alarming rise in fatal attacks by XL bullys - which reached six in the last year - and says the dogs are"uniquely dangerous".
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