All news on the topic: XL Bully

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

Anthony Brown, 24, threatened to stab everyone after breaking into a Derbyshire home and then stole the family's XL Bully puppy - he has been jailed for four years

The "serious assault" left a 36-year-old man with a string of injuries to his head, mouth, fingers and legs, while a 31-year-old man suffered puncture wounds "consistent with dog bites"

WARNING: GRAPHIC FOOTAGE Nima Begum discovered her beloved cat Kiwi, whose kitten managed to escape the attack, was "ripped to pieces" by the suspected XL Bully last weekend

The American XL Bully, a breed originating from the crossbreeding of American Pit Bull Terriers and Staffordshire Bull Terriers, has become a point of controversy in the UK - What is their history?

Half of all fatal dog attacks since the Covid pandemic have been carried out by XL Bully dogs - see if your area has recorded any incidents

Retired Coal Board driver Jimmy Johns, 82, said he reported the incident to police after his nine-year-old Border Terrier Albie was attacked just weeks earlier

The suspected XL Bully, named by locals as 'Titan', was shot dead by police at the scene after reportedly sinking its teeth into 54-year-old Ian Langley's neck in Sunderland on Tuesday

A dog breeder from the US who says he has bred the 'world's biggest pit bull' named Hulk worth £2million has boasted its puppies were illegally exported to the UK

Ian Langley, affectionately known as Scouse, was out walking his Patterdale terrier puppy Beau close to his home in Sunderland last night when he was attacked by an XL Bully

A one-year-old boy was attacked by a dog said to have been an XL Bully outside the Hilton Hotel, in Greenwich, yesterday after his mum took him outside to go for a walk

Father Ian Langley, 54, was killed by an "out of control" XL Bully in Sunderland on Tuesday night as police launch a murder investigation following the deadly attack

As another victim is mauled to death by an XL Bully, The Mirror takes a look at the sinister world in which innocent animals are turned into brutal killing machines in the name of making money

A witness told how she heard the mum's panicked screams as an XL Bully mauled her one-year-old boy's leg, leaving him bloodied and injured during the attack in Greenwich

Police and paramedics raced to reports of a one-year-old boy being bitten by a dog, reported to be an XL Bully, outside the Hilton hotel in Greenwich at around 10.10am on Monday

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced XL Bully dogs will be banned in the UK by the end of the year after a spate of deadly attacks, with desperate owners now trying to flog the pets online

The protests were arranged by dog owners who said they wanted to show XL Bullies are 'gentle' as officers say they were present this afternoon

The suspected XL Bully was placed in a wheelie bin away from prying eyes after it launched a violent attack on a man and woman in Coventry - West Midlands Police now say the hound will be destroyed

Stacey Smith wept as she was sentenced to nine months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, after her partner's dog launched a ferocious attack on a young boy in Liverpool

A mass XL Bully walk is confirmed to still take place in Birmingham despite dividing opinion in the city and beyond - so organiser Jake Harris has asked owners to only bring puppies

Love Island star Faye Winter, who is a proud owner to her dog Bonnie, spoke passionately to the Mirror about the proposed XL Bully breed ban after Rishi Sunak's announcement

Following a spate of dog attacks in recent weeks that is set to see the American XL Bully banned, a vet has given the best tactics for people to tackle an aggressive dog

WARING, GRAPHIC IMAGES: Ben Cźyżyk was mauled in a suspected XL Bully attack days after posting online in defence of the breed - vowing irresponsible owners must be held responsible instead of banning the dogs

West Midlands Police has spoken out after a rally, planned in and around Handsworth, Birmingham, was scheduled to take place amid fury the Government is set to ban XL Bullies

Police are searching for an XL Bully owner after they fled the scene following a horror dog attack in a public park, which left the victim in hospital with arm injuries