A MAN has been viciously attacked by a dog believed to be an XL Bully in the back garden of a home.
Armed police and a specialist dog unit rushed to the scene in West Bromwich yesterday afternoon to tend to the man.
A police cordon has been placed around the West Midlands property[/caption]
A man has been attacked by a dog believed to be an XL Bully in the West Midlands[/caption]
There were concerned reports of an attack at 4.40pm prompting an emergency response and a man was found seriously injured.
He received treatment from paramedics before being taken to hospital, cops said.
Specialist officers from the force’s dog unit Tasered the hound, which died at the scene from the shock.
A police cordon has been placed around the West Midlands property and first aid paraphernalia was spotted strewn in the garden.
West Midlands Police said: “We realise incidents of this nature are concerning to the community so we will have extra officers in the area tonight to offer reassurance.”
DANGEROUS DOGS
The UK government website states it’s a criminal offence to own or possess an XL Bully dog in England and Wales unless you have a valid Certificate of Exemption.
This ban came in on 1 February 2024 and was due to a significant rise in reported attacks with multiple fatalities over the past few years.
On Tuesday, this week, two XL Bully dogs were shot 19 times as cops intervened an attack on a pensioner.
The victim was in a critical but stable condition in hospital and a 29-year-old woman was arrested.
It’s also an offence to sell an XL Bully dog, abandon one, give the dog away, breed XL Bully’s, or take the dog out in public without a lead or a muzzle.
Those who own an XL Bully without an exemption can face a criminal record and their pet may be taken and destroyed.
Fatal XL Bully attacks
A 10-year-old girl, locally named as Savannah, killed by her “new pet”, and XL Bully, on Friday November 1, 2024.
Woman in her 50s mauled to death at home by two XL Bully dogs in Hornchurch, East London on May 21, 2024.
Esther Martin, 68, was looking after her grandson in Jaywick, Essex, when dogs Bear and Beauty attacked her on February 3, 2024.
Ian “Scouse” Langley, 54, was protecting his puppy when the animal pounced on him outside a home in Sunderland in October 2023.
Ian Price, 52, was viciously savaged in September 2023 by the beasts as he tried to protect his elderly mum from them after they escaped.
Jonathan Hogg, 37, was killed in May 2023 entered the dog’s pen when it went for him, leaving bite wounds on his arm, leg and head.
Natasha Johnston, 28, was mauled to death while walking a pack of dogs in January 2023 was believed to have been killed by her own pet – an American Bully XL.
Shirley Patrick, 83, died 17 days after being mauled in a “hellish”, violent dog attack in December 2022.
Ian Symes, 34, who was known to friends as “Wiggy”, died at a recreation ground in Fareham, Hampshire, after the savage attack in August 2022.
Joanne Robinson, 43, was fatally mauled by pet Rocco at her home in Rotherham, South Yorkshire in July 2022.
Keven Jones, 62, went into cardiac arrest after being bitten by Cookie-Doe at Chanel Fong’s home in Wrexham, North Wales in May 2022.
Bella-Rae Birch, one, was mauled to death in March 2022 at her home by the American Bully XL.
Jack Lis, 10, was killed by a hulking XL Bully dog named Beast in November 2021 as he played at friend’s home in Caerphilly.
