AGAIN! Something must be done

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Yes I know, another XL bulky thread. But seriously, this breed is like a mine field, randomly killing owners all over. You never know when/where it will happen next.

I truly can't wrap my head around people like this woman - may she rest in peace - who are all over the internet defending these KILLERS. They all think theirs is different, theirs would never kill, theirs is a big softy.

Is it time to do something more serious? The legislation brought in doesn't seem to have stopped deaths, although at least it does appear to be the owners (who are stupid enough to keep them) who are dying now instead of innocent members of the public.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/xl-bully-owner-celebrating-birthday-mauled-death-videos-defending-breed/

Those children are entirely irrelevant to the thread.

Where their parents were, is irrelevant.

Wether the children were taught morals is irrelevant to this conversation. You can’t teach dogs morals.

being responsible applies to everyone. There’s a societal expectation that we are all responsible members of society. Some people ignore it. And when people get harmed because someone is irresponsible, we weak to impose consequences to protect people from getting harmed in the future.

You have a good point there,

https://news.sky.com/story/man-airlifted-to-hospital-with-serious-injuries-after-incident-involving-dog-13154267

Another one

This is like some dystopian novel, animals start turning on humans and we're too soft and dysfunctional as a society to do anything about it! Next dogs will start keeping humans on farms for consumption.

Barely a week goes by without someone being killed or seriously injured by a pitbull type dog.
The sky news report on the Aberavan case says that police were called at 7:00 a.m.
This suggests to me that the man was attacked by his own dog and in his own home?

It seems like it.I think I read related to owner.

The Purge: Attack of The Killer Canines 😬

It wouldn’t be so bad if it was just attacking their owners.The number of innocent people and other pets attacked is appalling .

Another one

Another one

And another one.All again in a very short space of time.You don’t often get to hear of other pets that are killed in the papers,but the amount of other pets that are being killed seems to be increasing.

And then there’s this attack caught on camera.Dog belonged to neighbour.Unbelievably the dog is still with the owner and the person attacked is now trying to move house.

I remember the time when it was rotties and alsatians but it never seemed to be as relentless as this. Maybe it wasn't reported as much, maybe I missed stuff as I was younger but every week there's yet another attack

I've told my older kids if they ever go round someone's house and they see they have a large dog, they leave no questions asked.

There was what looked like an XL bully in the main shopping centre of a city near me today and it was unmuzzled. It was jumping all over the place despite being on a lead. The young boy holding it looked so smug that people were giving him a wide berth .

I was on my way out and had visitors from abroad with me and couldn’t see staff around but I’ll be writing to the shopping centre tomorrow reporting what I seen.

This is partly why allowing dogs in shopping malls isn’t a good idea you'll always get the idiots that bring entirely unsuitable out of control ones. I assume it was over stimulated With all the bright lights, smells and people.

Pet ownership doesn't form part of the functional assessment or descriptors for any benefit. If an assessor asks, then they were probably making conversation. Disabled people can have pets like anyone else, and being disabled doesn't mean they must neglect them.

Absolutely disgusting

I have a Perro de Presa Canario. My 9yr old nephew comes after school a couple of evenings a week, he has two friends from the next street that call for him. On the evenings his friends know he won't be here they sometimes call and ask to see my dog! I do wonder what they've told their parents - I wouldn't let my children go to a house with an unknown to me very large breed dog..

The XL Bully dogs are just way more likely to kill someone than an Alsation. In the last 40 years, there have been 5 fatal dog attacks involving Alsatians, while there have been 5 fatal attacks involving Bullies in the last year.

My daughter left her friends house early today. They have a border collie who she says was acting in a way that made her feel unsafe so she said she had to go home suddenly. So I may widen it to all dogs.

Too many people have BCs without realising the exercise reqs. An under exercised, over stimulated BC is not safe around children either. I consider my 9st lap dog bullet proof, I don't however put him to the test!

I have a Perro de Presa Canario
These creatures should not be kept as domestic pets.

They look terrifying don't they. Would never let my DS stay in a house with a dog like that, no matter how well I knew the owner.

Yes too much of a risk. Dog enthusiasts are typically too emotionally attached to the animal to be objective about it. They are strongly inclined to put dogs above humans and will prioritise their pet over your child.

Bit tasteless to post photos of large, aggressive breeds looking for admiration on a thread about people dying because of aggressive breeds.