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Flax to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish • 2 years ago

American bully XL dogs to be banned by end of year - Sunak

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Flax to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish • 2 years ago
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American bully XL dogs to be banned by end of year - Sunak - BBC News
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Speaking after a man was killed by dogs in Staffordshire, the PM says XL bully dogs will be defined in law and then banned.
  • @Syldon@feddit.uk
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    -15•2 years ago

    My point was that all dogs are dangerous. Selecting breeds shows total lack of understanding. It is how the dog is reared that causes the issues. Since you cannot evaluate that by looking at a dog then it makes more sense to add a safety device for all dogs.

    • HeartyBeast
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      Do you have any statistics on deaths by dachshund?

      • xkillx
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        deleted by creator

      • @Syldon@feddit.uk
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        -14•2 years ago

        Did I mention them at all ?

        • HeartyBeast
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          No, oddly enough you didn’t. Off though - you’d think if it were all to do with upbringing rather than breed, there would be at least one Dachshund-related fatality over the last 109 years.

          • @Syldon@feddit.uk
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            -7•2 years ago

            https://www.joe.co.uk/news/dachshunds-seized-after-woman-mauled-to-death-in-horrific-surrey-dog-attack-374122

            • @merridew@feddit.uk
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              10•2 years ago

              After investigation, it was determined that the woman in question

              is believed to have been killed by her own American Bully XL

              The victim’s dog

              was the only animal to have been destroyed, which they believe to be an American Bully XL

              while

              two seized dachshunds were returned to their owner.

              https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12094705/Woman-28-mauled-death-pack-dogs-killed-American-Bully-XL.html

              • @Syldon@feddit.uk
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                -3•2 years ago

                You seriously used the Daily Mail as a source?

                • @merridew@feddit.uk
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                  5•2 years ago

                  Feel free to post alternative sources.

                  You’ll struggle to find one that doesn’t state the same facts: that following forensic investigation the victim’s American Bully XL was destroyed, and two dachshunds were returned to their owners without issue.

                  • https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/natasha-johnston-surrey-dogwalker-american-bully-xl-london-b1082064.html
                  • https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dog-owned-croydon-woman-mauled-150004905.html
                  • https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/23532206.caterham-dog-attack-victims-american-bully-xl-put/
            • HeartyBeast
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              I mean, she was walking 8 dogs when she attacked and all the dogs were kept by the police. So, we don’t know to what extent the dachshunds were involved in her death, but if it makes you happy.

              • @merridew@feddit.uk
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                9•2 years ago

                The dachshunds were returned to their owners. The victim’s dog, an American Bully XL, was destroyed.

        • lemonflavoured
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          7•2 years ago

          “All dogs”.

    • @Jabbawacky@feddit.uk
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      8•2 years ago

      “how it was reared”

      You lost me there. These are breeds with an inherent nature to kill and maim. They’re freaks, mutants, and now thankfully to be banned.

      • @Syldon@feddit.uk
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        -5•2 years ago

        The breed is only a small part of the issue. I have already shown studies that state this in another reply.

    • lemonflavoured
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      all dogs are dangerous

      Okay, how many deaths are there due to Chihuahua? I will concede that it is perhaps biologically possible for them to bite off the finger of an infant, which could in theory be fatal, but the odds are pretty fucking slim.

      • @Syldon@feddit.uk
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        -3•2 years ago

        Which is why I said above a certain weight.

    • @GBU_28@lemm.ee
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      3•2 years ago

      All large dogs are POTENTIALLY dangerous.

      Some breeds are EXCEPTIONAL at violence once they are triggered to do so.

      Training can reduce triggers (to zero?)

      A poodle or golden retriever can absolutely hurt and kill, but it would be anomalous beyond expectation that a golden would continue to attack and even feed on a human.

      Other breeds, once triggered, enter a state where they disengage from reason, latch, hold and tear. Depending on conditions they will even feed.

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