Cops spending £2.2MILLION to kennel dangerous dogs as ban on owning XL Bullies comes into effect this week | USKT471 | 2024-01-29 06:08:01
Forces are gearing up for an expected surge in demand to cage the animals which have been
POLICE are spending £2.2million to kennel harmful canine as a ban on owning an XL Bully comes into effect this week.
Forces are gearing up for an expected surge in demand to cage the animals which have been blamed for at least 12 deaths since the pandemic.
Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire police are spending £450,000 on collection and kennelling of canine they seize beneath the Harmful Canine Act, based on contract details.
The Lincolnshire pressure expects to spend £350,000, North Yorks has agreed a £240,000 deal and Norfolk while Suffolk is offering £60,000.
Leicestershire signed a £1.2million deal final yr.
Because the begin of the yr it has been illegal to breed, sell, promote, trade, present, rehome, abandon or permit XL Bully canine to stray in England and Wales.
From Thursday it is going to turn into illegal to own one if it isn't registered on an exemption index.
The dogs have to be microchipped and neutered and house owners of the US breed must maintain them muzzled and on leads in public.
The laws came in after deadly assaults by the bred-to-fight animals.
Victims include Ian Langley, 54, whose throat was torn out by as he bent to select up his own pet in Sunderland in October.
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