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It is illegal to own some dogs in the UK with certain breeds banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act. As the American XL Bully is to be added to the list, we take a look at what the law means and the exemptions

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Nehal Islam was playing frisbee in the park with his brother and dad at Hermit Road Recreation Ground, Canning Town, London, when an XL Bully savagely attacked the four-year-old

A number of resale websites like Gumtree and Pets4Homes are selling XL Bully dogs, sometimes for as little as £500, even in light of a string of recent, high profile maulings by the species

A man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after the incident in the West Midlands village of Stonnall. The man who was attacked yesterday has since died of his injuries

A street in the rural village of Stonall, Staffordshire, has been on lockdown today and a young man was arrested on suspicion of having dogs dangerously out of control

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

Six-year-old Tia, a Cocker Spaniel-Dachshund cross, needed surgery to save her after she was attacked by the XL Bully which came sprinting at her and her owner Leo Wolfe

Samantha Kneale, 37, from Liverpool, was walking her one-year-old chihuahua-shih tzu cross Bruno to the park when an XL Bully launched a savage attack as the owner 'lost control'

Vickie Phillips, manager at City Dogs Home, called for the breed to be banned as were American pitbulls, saying XL Bullys should be castrated, muzzled and registered

Luna Forsyth, four, was scarred for life when she was attacked by a friend's dog earlier this year and had to have 40 stiches, as her mother backed calls to ban XL Bullies

Councillor Nicky Brennan, Birmingham's community safety and equalities lead, said she was told of a decision to humanely kill the dog in a briefing from the force's community safety team yesterday

The Mirror takes a look at the sinister world of dodgy dog breeding as bully-type puppies are being poorly bred and kept in a semi-comatose state trapped in darkness, trained on treadmills and forced to fight for social media

Stoke-on-Trent City Dogs Home has told StokeonTrentLive that it has seen evidence of "relentless" overbreeding, and that some dogs are winding up there after being cut loose by their owners

A witness from the scene said the owner of the XL Bully allegedly shouted 'lift your dog because I can't control her' before the dog slipped out of its collar and attacked a smaller pet

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT The 'XL bullies' can be seen barging into the garden with no owner present before launching into an attack on the cats in London, leaving a family 'incredibly upset'

Mirror joined RSPCA officers as they swooped on a property in the Midlands this week and seized five bully-type dogs, a weapon, and drugs, as two men were arrested

Sophie Coulthard, 39, who has a one year old Bully XL called Billy, said a 'moral panic' had arisen around the dogs and warned against 'knee-jerk' changes to the law banning the breed

The American XL Bully has been added to the list of dogs banned in the UK under the Dangerous Dogs Act. But what happens if you own a dog that gets banned?

Matt Fiddes believes dog breeds that have been classed as dangerous should be treated like wild animals under law - he said the only option is to 'run' when confronted by an American Bully XL

Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry would be responsible for providing the Prime Minister with crunch legal advice if Labour wins the next election, due by January 2025

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

The latest shocking case of an aggressive Bully XL mauling a child means Suella Braverman must push through her dangerous dog ban before someone else gets killed

Harrowing new CCTV from the Texaco garage shows how the sustained attack lasted for more than two minutes with the crossbreed Bully XL/Staffordshire Bull Terrier attacking several people

A woman who bent down to stroke a dog suffered horrific injuries as the animal leapt at her face and bit a chunk out of her cheek, but the animal had a history of aggression, a court heard

Battersea's canine behaviourist dismisses the UK's banned breeds list and explains how you can determine if a dog is actually a threat to humans with certain cues