![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/american-bully-xls-will-not-be-culled-under-ban-chief-vet-says/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/strong-american-bully-dog-845186079.jpg&description=BANNED BREED Published : 13:53, 16 Sep 2023 Updated : 13:53, 16 Sep 2023 OWNERS of American XL bully dogs will not face a cull of their pets, the UK's top vet has said, after the Prime Minister pledged to ban the breed. Campaign groups have hailed Rishi Sunak's promise to ban the dogs by the end of the year after a series of attacks prompted calls to put the breed on the Dangerous Dogs Act list. 3 American Bully XL dogs are due to be banned by the end of the year in the UK Credit: Getty 3 Rishi Sunak has pledged to bring in the ban as soon as possible Credit: Not known, clear with picture desk But questions remain about how exactly a ban will be implemented and enforced, with concerns about the challenge of defining the dog breed given its cross-bred nature . Chief Veterinary Officer Professor Christine Middlemiss said that coming to a "consensus" on that definition would be one of the first things officials would do. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, she also confirmed that an "amnesty" approach would mean there would not be a cull of the dogs. "There will be an amnesty. So people that already have these dogs - and some of them will be well socialised, well managed, well trained - you will need to register and take certain actions. "Your dog will need to be neutered. It will need to be muzzled when out in public and on a lead and insured. "But if you comply with these actions, and that means we'll know where these dogs are, which will be a massive benefit, then yes, absolutely you will be able to keep your dog." Such an approach would echo that taken when pitbulls were banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act in the 1990s. The ban comes after a man died after being attacked on Thursday by two dogs - suspected to be bully XLs - in Staffordshire . Mr Sunak used a video on social media to promise that the Government would "ban the breed under the Dangerous Dogs Act and new laws will be in place by the end of the year. "These dogs are dangerous, I want to reassure){kind=link}
OWNERS of American XL bully dogs will not face a cull of their pets, the UK’s top vet has said, after the Prime Minister pledged to ban the breed.
Campaign groups have hailed Rishi Sunak’s promise to ban the dogs by the end of the year after a series of attacks prompted calls to put the breed on the Dangerous Dogs Act list.
But questions remain about how exactly a ban will be implemented and enforced, with concerns about the challenge of defining the dog breed given its cross-bred nature.
Chief Veterinary Officer Professor Christine Middlemiss said that coming to a “consensus” on that definition would be one of the first things officials would do.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, she also confirmed that an “amnesty” approach would mean there would not be a cull of the dogs.