FOI 127/25 XL Bully's Seized and Destroyed
Enquiry Reference: 127-25
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
The number of XL bully's that have been seized, the number of attacks from XL bully's that have been reported, and the number of XL bully's destroyed from the following period:
- a) Below are the numbers of XL Bully’s seized and those put to sleep (PTS).
January 2023 - 0
February 2023 - 0
March 2023 - 2
April 2023 - 1
May 2023 - 2
June 2023 - 0
July 2023 - 2
August 2023 - 0
September 2023 - 1
October 2023 - 2
November 2023 - 0
December 2023 - 1
January 2024 – 2 - PTS disclaimed 2.
February 2024 – 3 - PTS disclaimed 1.
March 2024 - 2
April 2024 – 2 - PTS disclaimed 2.
May 2024 – 2 - PTS disclaimed 2.
June 2024 – 3 - PTS disclaimed 3.
July 2024 – 5 - PTS court order 3, disclaimed 1 and other 1.
August 2024 – 4 - PTS court order 1 and disclaimed 3.
September 2024 – 3 - PTS disclaimed 1.
October 2024 - 5 - PTS court order 1, disclaimed 4.
November 2024 - 7 - PTS court order 1 and disclaimed 2.
December 2024 - 1
January 2025 – 2 - PTS disclaimed 1.
Having made enquiries within the Force above is all the information we hold and our answer for the number of attacks from XL Bully on this occasion is no information held, we can provide the number of crime of 008/2 1 - Owner or person in charge allowing dog to be dangerously out of control in any place in England and Wales (whether or not in a public place) injuring any person or assistance dog however, the breed of dog is not a mandatory field and is not well recorded.
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Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker