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Environment Secretary Therese Coffey said she was not planning to review the 32-year-old legislation, despite huge criticism of the 1991 Act from experts and animal charities

New data from puppies.co.uk shows the areas of the UK where people are still looking to buy XL Bullies despite Rishi Sunak announcing the dogs would be banned by 2024

Twelve-year-old Mohid Gardazee had been riding his bike when the dog grabbed his arm and caused life changing injuries, with neighbours saying they are living in fear

Mohid Gardazee, 12, has been told he may need skin grafts after he was attacked by a dog in a residential street, leaving him with 'life-changing' injuries

Police said the 12-year-old boy had suffered 'life-changing' injuries in the attack, with a woman in her 40s charged over possession of a dangerously out of control dog

Police seized the dog, believed to be a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, at the scene "to protect the public" after racing to the attack in Ashington, Northumberland yesterday

West Mercia Police were alerted to a double dog attack at a home in Hereford this weekend - two hounds left a man and woman suffering from injuries as the dogs scrapped with each other

Following a spate of dog attacks leading to Rishi Sunak saying XL bully dogs will be banned by the end of the year, here are subtle signs from a vet that your dog could be dangerous

Claire Cooper, a senior nurse, was walking Rodney and her other springer spaniel, Purdey, in West Bromwich on Wednesday afternoon when the horrific attack took place

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGE: Hunter Kilbourn had his face torn apart by two pit bulls when he was only 10-years-old in San Francisco, California, but he is now thinking of getting a dog of his own

Police in Detroit say that a pit bull, or possibly two pit bulls, attacked and savagely mauled a 4-year-old boy to death as the child played outside in the yard - even dragging him under the fence to bite him

Vic Franklin was attacked by two suspected Rottweillers on a street in Bognor Regis, Sussex, and has been in hospital for two months undergoing amputations to his leg, arm and finger

Pet owners are said to be failing to collect their bully-type dogs who are found as strays by council dog wardens. The dogs appear to be being abandoned

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGE: Karen Anderson questioned why humans weren't blamed for dog attacks just weeks before her husband Noel Backhouse was mauled to death by their own pet

MPs were warned of the practical difficulties of neutering tens of thousands of the big, powerful animals after the Prime Minister vowed to ban the breed linked to a string of lethal attacks

The victim, in her 60s, was attacked by her own pet which was shot dead in a primary school car park. She is now recovering in hospital from non-life threatening injuries

Owners of XL Bully dogs are selling their pets online for far less than in previous years, as one vendor said they are concerned about the coming ban brought in by Rishi Sunak

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Mark Cole never would have expected that one day his favourite animal would attack him and cause him to nearly take his life as he candidly opened up about his ordeal

Maria Perez had to go to hospital after three aggressive pit bulls attacked her. Her daughter said she needs to know the dogs will never hurt another person again.

Rachael Millard, 35, was walking her own two dogs when the “aggressive” XL bullies charged out of an open door towards her

Adverts show XL Bullies now being offered for sale online for as little as £10 following Rishi Sunak saying that he will have the dog banned by the end of the year

XL Bully dogs are set to become the latest breed to be banned by the UK Government following a spate of horrifying attacks - but one very has revealed the five breeds he would never get

American XL Bully dog ownership has surged in recent years but there has also been a harrowing rise in dog attacks - and Mirror is campaigning to ban the status dog

Laura and Dave Williams' beloved Chihuahua was killed when an XL Bully grabbed him in its jaws and shook him, leading to the deaths of both dogs as police destroyed the guilty animal

As the country discusses the ban of XL Bully dogs after a spout of attacks across Britain, one vet has revealed the five dogs he would never own, and you'll be shocked to learn what they are