Another baby has been bitten by an xl bully

[Viviennemary]

Just seen on the news a baby is in hospital after being bitten by an xl bully. And two people have been arrested. Baby is in a serious condition. Why haven't these killer dogs been banned.

Maths is not your strong suit, is it?

You could have stopped here "not that any death is ok" (in the context of dogs killing humans, usually children).

There's nothing more to say. Dog breeds that kill people should be banned. There are plenty of other, less dangerous, breeds for people to choose from.

People drawn to aggressive and ''antisocial'' breed types do so for a reason.

They won't be interested in a well trained, well mannered quiet dog that causes no problems.

They get a kick out of seeing people usher their pets and children away form their 'monster' dog.

My son looked after a couple of bull breeds for someone he knew once- {he's over 6 foot tall, not a child} and he said it was so different walking Bull breeds compared to Whippets.

With Whippets, people come over to say ''hello'' - the Bull breed {one an ''American Bully, the other a Staffie} mothers and pet owners crossed the road or turned on their heel to get away- and son had them on a lead for their walks, didn't let them off.

He also found picking up the vast and sloppy poos far worse than small firm Whippet poos.

"if you fear the breed or unable to handle it.. don’t own one or go near one"

But there's always going to be some self entitled idiot bringing theirs to the park or the school. There is no number of 'acceptable deaths' of other people's children and the fact that owners will even try that is revealing.

The solution is to ban them and imprison anyone who defies the law.

And maybe we should study the psychological problems which lead to this need to own a dangerous animal in the first place.

I remember a comedy sketch once where the surgeon broke it to a man that they had been forced to remove his balls.

"but" they said "we can replace them. We've done this many times"

"What we do is we give you a big 4x4 vehicle with a powerful sound system you can let rip at midnight in a residential area with the car doors open and a big dog on a heavy chain called 'Killer'"

I wouldn’t care about 7 dogs. I do care about the death of one single human due to an attack by one of this breed.

I don’t understand why anyone would choose to own one. Dogs like this should never be bred. Maybe much harsher penalties for owners whose dogs harm are in order.

So, because people die in car crashes…we should be fine with dogs killing people ? Really failing to make the connection between XL bullies and other deaths?

“Don’t go near them” - can the babies and children that were in homes with these dogs and then died take that advice?

I wouldn't leave a baby or a young child alone in a room with any dog far less an XL bully.

@Feelinglost10 i’d encourage you to investigate how many people were killed by adult males in the UK, relative to the population of adult males. And then compare that again to the kill rate for XL bullies (even using the most generous estimate of the number of xl bullies in the UK).

I don’t know why anyone advocates for these dogs, aside from people who enjoyed a misplaced sense of “fighting for the underdog”. Except, this isn’t the underdog, it’s the awful, brutal, built for killing kind of dog. Everyone I knew with one of these dogs was either a wrongun, a chancer-breeder, or was cashing in for quick wins with no care to future consequences. There were a few seemingly soft, re home-y, naïve people who mistakenly thought the dog was unfairly demonised, and who consequently puttheir kids at risk. Grim all over

Very few can kill when they attack, like these monsters do.

Another attack
Cheshire Constabulary Chief Constable Mark Roberts said the "sheer size and ferocity" of the dogs meant police needed to fire 19 shots"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjry83gjlqno
An 84-year-old man who was chased into a garden by a suspected XL bully and injured in a "horrific" attack is in a critical but stable condition in hospital, police have said.
He was attacked on Bardsley Avenue in Warrington at about 18:40 GMT on Monday after the animal escaped from a nearby address, Cheshire Constabulary said.
Armed officers shot and killed the dog, as well as a second suspected XL bully that was found at the address, and arrested a 29-year-old woman on suspicion of being in possession of a dog dangerously out of control causing serious injury.
Cheshire Constabulary Chief Constable Mark Roberts said the "sheer size and ferocity" of the dogs meant police needed to fire 19 shots.
He said: "This was an innocent man who was simply walking in the street when he was horrifically attacked by a suspected unregistered XL Bully.
"These dogs are like weapons; their physical attributes can make it like owning a loaded firearm with a questionable safety catch."