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AIBU to feel sorry for the 100 dogs a month destroyed since the XL Bully ban

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Locutus2000 · 19/12/2024 12:04

I hate the whole XL Bully thing, they are a travesty against nature and the primary market appears to be antisocial idiots (not all owners obviously).

But I also love animals, especially dogs, and to hear the police are destroying an average of one hundred banned breeds a month is upsetting. They are still (arguably) sentient beings who experience pain and fear, many will have been mistreated. They didn't ask for some dickhead to fuck with their genes and make them potential monsters.

I'm quite happy for the breeds to be eliminated. I still feel sorry for the innocent dogs losing their lives whilst the breeders and owners usually seem to walk away without consequence.

AIBU to feel this way?

An XL bully dog, with pale gold fur and a patch of darker gold fur over his left eye, wearing a thick brown leather collar, staring directly at the camera

XL bully victim calls ban ‘useless’ as 100 dogs a month destroyed

Cost of kennelling seized dogs soars and in many areas attacks continue to rise, forces tell the BBC.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cge9nrrvlygo

OP posts:
user23124 · 19/12/2024 12:09

Its appalling that the moronic people who buy these animal are not forced to pay for their care and for them to be put down.

SiobhanSharpe · 19/12/2024 12:09

This is indeed unpleasant to have to face, however, I would sooner these unpredictable animals (and yes, I know it's not their fault, bad owners etc etc) were humanely destroyed than risk more dreadful injuries and deaths of human beings.

InformerYaNoSayDaddyMeSnowMeIGoBlameALickyBoom · 19/12/2024 12:07

I agree, I feel for the dogs, they are just doing what they are bred to do.

Even though I feel sorry for the individual animals it's right that the breed, as a whole, is eliminated though.

Errors · 19/12/2024 12:07

It’s a difficult one to reconcile. I completely agree with the ban and I agree with dangerous dogs being PTS, but it doesn’t mean I can’t feel sad for those creatures at the same time who were interbred by humans just looking to make a killing machine. However, I have far more sympathy for the victims of those dog attacks

KitsyWitsy · 19/12/2024 12:06

I’m neither happy nor sad. It just needs to be done, doesn’t it?

BitchinTwinset · 19/12/2024 12:05

I think most people would agree with you? The fact it's not a pleasant thing to do is why it's gone on for so long before the restrictions came in.

Edit - to be clear I 100% agree it needs to happen and far too many lives were lost because of these dogs and their breeders and owners. I still feel sorry for the poor animals but there is no question that they need to be got rid of. They are not safe to keep.

sanityisamyth · 19/12/2024 12:04

No. It's costing £25m a year to kennel these monstrous creatures. They should all be shot so we don't have to pay for them.

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