All news on the topic: Dangerous dogs

Both children, then aged three and 10, were in the attack while their dog Mini, a miniature Yorkshire Terrier was fatally injured during the incident last January

Jennie Lawrenson spent three days in hospital after an English pit bull called Kaiser mauled her, but now she fears the beast will be returned to owner Holly Snelgar

Lawson Bond, two, was attacked by a dog bred by his grandmother, who found him face down in a field next to their home after going inside to use the toilet and raised the alarm

An escaped Staffy mix believed to belong to a 12-year-old "went nuts" as two mounted officers walked by its Limehouse home on Friday, with one of the riders falling from the saddle

Amy Salter was jailed for three years after the seven-stone dog fatally attacked 10-year-old Jack in 2021 - but Jack’s mum was shocked to discover that Salter has been on days out

The woman was reportedly screaming in pain as she was attacked by the loose XL Bully dog, which 'kept going at her' as she pushed her child down the street in Askern, South Yorkshire

Brave Luna-Ann Forsyth needed surgery and 40 stitches after the American bulldog-cross ripped a chunk out of her cheek, and will need several more operations to repair the damage

The mother of Jack Lis, whose son was mauled to death by a Bully XL in 2021, has spoken out after five-year-old Farrah-Leigh Nichol was attacked by a dog she'd been given permission to pat

Alex Nichol, 30, stamped on a Pocket Bully after it bit a chunk out of five-year-old daughter Farrah-Leigh's face as they went to a Nisa shop near their home in Stockton-on-Tees

Vince King and Karen Alcock took 19 huskies and their baby girl to the nature reserve before the deadly attack shortly after 11pm. Baby Kyra King lost her life ater being attacked in her pram.

WARNING: GRAPHIC PICTURES. Farrah-Leigh, five, suffered horrific facial injuries during a dog attack outside a Nisa store in Norton, Teesside, on Saturday afternoon, with police confirming the animal has been seized

A schoolgirl, five, suffered serious injuries to her face after she was mauled by a dog outside a Nisa shop in Teesside on Saturday, with police confirming the animal was seized

A child was 'grappled to the floor by a bulldog' in the Washwood Heath area of Birmingham yesterday. Paramedics rushed to the scene to assess the kid and cops seized the dog

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A young boy was rushed to hospital after being attacked by a dog that had reportedly escaped from a nearby property - police have since seized the dog and are investigating

Ministers are under pressure to act after 17 people were mauled to death in the past two years alone, but the Tories are refusing to commit to strengthening the law

'Refusing to ban the dangerous XL Bully dog breed is unforgivable after their savage attacks - once again the Tory government is on the wrong side of public opinion'

Emma Whitfield's son Jack Lis was mauled to death by an XL Bully dog - she welcomed a Mirror poll that found 74% of people want those responsible for out-of-control beasts to face tougher prison terms

American Bully XL dogs have killed at least nine people in the past two years including 10-year-old Jack Lis, who was mauled by an eight-stone dog named Beast, and 17-month-old Bella-Rae Birch

The horse rider was left with "non-life threatening or life-changing injuries" after being approached by the two suspects, who allegedly let the dog off its lead in a field in Altrincham

Ellie Jayne Moon had to say goodbye to her beloved dog Marley over FaceTime after he sustained horrendous injuries in an XL Bully attack at a kennels in Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Jack Newton was described as a "reckless" and "immature" young man who let his dog viciously bite a woman protecting her pet cats and assaulted a separate woman when she was driving, causing her to crash

The vast majority of pet owners have nothing to fear and many support the clampdown, aware of the horror inflicted by a dangerous minority.

The Mirror wants to see an urgent review of the law around dangerous dogs and is being backed by one family whose son was mauled to death when he was left alone in a caravan