The alarming rise of American bully XL dogs: ‘If one gets hold of you, you’re in trouble’

Of the 10 fatal dog attacks in the UK last year, more than half involved a bully XL. But plenty of British owners love the breed. Should it be better regulated – or outright banned?

On 23 May last year, 65-year-old Keven Jones went to his son’s house in Wrexham, north Wales, to help take care of his dogs while he was away at a football match.

His daughter-in-law, who was upstairs getting ready to go out, suddenly heard Jones shout: “He’s got me!” She rushed downstairs to find him lying in a pool of blood. One of the dogs, Cookie, a two-year-old American bully XL, had bitten him on the leg. Jones later died from blood loss, while Cookie was put down by a vet.

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