The owner of an animal shelter says she is concerned about new legislation that will ban the rehoming of XL bully dogs in Northern Ireland.While it will remain legal to own an XL Bully dog, they must be muzzled and kept on a short lead in public places."The last thing I want is to have a centre full of XL Bullies and having to make that choice ," she added.
Selling, gifting, exchanging or breeding from an XL Bully dog is banned and rescue centres will also no longer be able to accept an XL Bully dog. He said it was the "best approach in this situation" following the recent fatal attacks attributed to XL Bully type dogs, one in London and another in Limerick.
XL Bully dogs are behind 48 of these attacks, with 30 of these resulting in injuries to persons or other animals.Titan is 14 months old, he was a stray transferred to Almost Home in Moira three weeks ago from a pound in Londonderry.She says she doesn't know if Titan is an XL Bully type, but that he may fall into that category.They are described as large dogs "with a muscular body and blocky head, suggesting great strength and power for size".