Another XL Bully has killed a woman

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Hornchurch: Woman dies in XL bully attack at home www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-69041493

She was the owner and sounds like she had a couple of them. They were registered but clearly that doesn't and didn't stop this preventable death.

Organising a cull of dangerous dogs would be really difficult and expensive and dangerous- there'd need to be inspectors, enforcement officers and vets involved. I agree that it will have to be done eventually, but it won't be easy. The people who choose to keep aggressive and dangerous dogs are the same sorts of people who accumulate guns in the USA, and are not easy to police.

Mercy Dulbottle - duck rounder-upper! hadn't thought of her in years.

Why can they no longer be exercised properly? There is no ban on taking them out, they just need to be muzzled.

A dog of that size cannot be getting enough exercise or mental stimulation to tire it out by an on lead muzzled walk to the local corner shop - which is about all the local XL bullies seem to get.

But that’s a problem with lazy owners, not because they ‘can’t’ be exercised properly.

To be be honest, even a 'good' owner of one of these atrociously bred dogs will struggle to keep them exercised and entertained appropriately.

Far from being thick, the ones I've seen have been very intelligent. Almost unnervingly so. This makes them appear to be very easy to train, and gives the owners a false illusion of total control. Until the dog reaches an age and size where it KNOWS it can kill them in seconds.

Until that hair trigger is pulled, they probably genuinely believe their dog is an obedient softy.

I agree that it would be very difficult expensive and dangerous.
More needs to be done on enforcement of those not sticking to the rules.

Very tough on the enforcement officers though. When I heard someone had been killed a dog in Limerick my first fear was that it was someone doing an inspection. (Both my last dogs came from Limerick Animal Welfare, and I know what great work they do and how very careful they are in their placements and follow-ups, and also that even before these most recent weapon dogs came on the scene, it could be a dangerous and thankless job).