Dangerous Dogs
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/002536/D
Version Date: 20/11/2024
The Performance Analysis Department and Alliance Dogs Department have provided the following information.
- The number of reports made by the public to your territorial police force of “XL Bully” dogs believed to be in contravention of the Dangerous Dogs Act since 1 February 2024.
131
Please note that this data has been retrieved from Storm Incident database for incidents containing the keywords ‘XL Bull’ & ‘X L Bull’ in their description.
The time parameters of this data are 01/02/2024 – 25/10/2024.
2. The number of dogs believed to be the XL Bully breed that have been seized by your territorial police force since 1 February 2024.
3. The number of arrests made by your territorial police force for keeping an unregistered XL Bully, breeding these dogs, or other related offences such as selling or allowing them to be in a public space without a lead or muzzle.
19.