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A MAP has revealed the UK's 'danger dog' hotspots with 114 hellhole hounds seized a week.
One of the largest canine marketplaces Puppies.co.uk sent Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to police forces crossed the UK.
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Just nether 6,000 unsafe dogs person been seized by 27 forces since November 2023.
This means 114 dogs are seized each week crossed the federation connected average.
The country astir affected by these alarming trends was Greater Manchester with 19 dogs seized a week.
The 2nd highest was successful the West Midlands with 17 dogs followed by Northumbria with nine.
West Yorkshire seized 8 a week portion Leicestershire said it seized six.
Experts person warned the existent breed-specific approach, including the XL Bully ban, is not working.
They person argued the onus should alternatively beryllium connected the canine owners.
A spokesperson for Puppies.co.uk said: "While the caller information connected canine seizures is concerning, it's important to retrieve that focusing connected breed-specific bans is not the reply to promoting nationalist safety.
"The Dangerous Dogs Act has been successful effect for implicit 3 decades and yet, infirmary admissions owed to canine bites proceed to rise.
"Instead of focusing connected breed, the accent should beryllium connected addressing the basal causes of canine aggression, which mostly stem from irresponsible ownership and breeding practices."
Cops contented informing aft 13 horrific canine attacks successful conscionable 48hrs - with footage showing spate of caller ambushes
They added: "Dogs, careless of breed, tin grounds assertive behaviour if they are not decently trained, socialised, and cared for.
"Tighter breeding authorities and accrued resources for enforcement are indispensable to combat the emergence of amerciable and low-welfare breeders who prioritise nett implicit the well-being of the animals."
It comes aft cops issued an urgent informing to canine owners to "step up earlier idiosyncratic dies" aft 13 horrific attacks successful little than 48 hours.
South Yorkshire Police said incidents of unsafe dogs included a antheral near with superior facial injuries and a pistillate fearing for her baby's safety.
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The unit added that owners who did "not measurement up" and forestall harm would not beryllium tolerated.
Police said successful the merchandise that a antheral was attacked by his ain canine successful Sheffield connected Thursday astatine 3.22pm.
The American Bulldog had attacked erstwhile the proprietor attempted to abstracted the bulldog and a pouch bully wrong a property.
The proprietor suffered lacerations to his face, cervix and caput and was taken to hospital.
The canine was seized and remains successful constabulary kennels.
Further calls included a pistillate walking location with her babe successful a bearer connected her chest.
Family wage tribute to 'our fantastic girl' killed by pet
By Summer Raemason & John Siddle
A DEVASTATED household person paid a heartbreaking tribute to their "wonderful" small girl, 10, who was mauled to decease by their XL Bully.
Savannah Bentham was attacked by the "new pet" wrong their caravan adjacent Malton, North Yorkshire, past Friday astatine astir 4.15pm.
The youngster had been happily playing connected swings successful a parkland adjacent conscionable earlier the horror.
Savannah's household person present issued a heartwrenching connection released by North Yorkshire Police.
It reads: "We are utterly shocked and devastated by what happened to Savannah.
"We can't judge we person mislaid our fantastic miss who we emotion truthful much.
"We convey everyone for their enactment and kindness arsenic we conflict to travel to presumption with our loss.
"We inquire that our family's privateness is respected portion we grieve for Savannah."
Locals described the harrowing infinitesimal the youngster's parent ran retired screaming "my baby's dead".
A gardener astatine a caravan parkland adjacent doorway to the mobile location - based successful the retention gait of a utilities institution - told however the "piercing" screams from the girl's parent were "etched successful my memory".
Keith, 67, said: "It's done maine in. I don't portion overmuch but I've drunk each play conscionable to fell it. I didn't sleep a wink connected Friday. I've conscionable not been capable to header with it. I'll ne'er hide it.
"I'd conscionable got backmost to the tract and I saw equipped constabulary alert successful and the helicopters 10 minutes later.
"Then I heard the screaming. 'My baby, my baby, my baby, my baby's dead'.
"It was a piercing scream. I'll instrumentality it to my sedate - it was truthful harrowing. It'll haunt maine until the time I die.
"I'll ne'er hide it. Those screams were horrendous.
"I knew consecutive distant what indispensable person happened - I told my woman 'I deliberation the dog's killed the girl'."
She was approached by a escaped XL Bully who began to amusement aggression and leap up to her baby.
Meanwhile an aged pistillate and her grandchild were attacked by different escaped canine successful Sheffield.
It comes conscionable days aft a "wonderful" small girl, 10, was mauled to death by an XL Bully successful North Yorkshire.
The unit added that owners who did "not measurement up" and forestall harm would not beryllium tolerated.
Police said successful the merchandise that a antheral was attacked by his ain canine successful Sheffield connected Thursday astatine 3.22pm.
The American Bulldog had attacked erstwhile the proprietor attempted to abstracted the bulldog and a pouch bully wrong a property.
The proprietor suffered lacerations to his face, cervix and caput and was taken to hospital.
The canine was seized and remains successful constabulary kennels.
Further calls included a pistillate walking location with her babe successful a bearer connected her chest.
She was approached by a escaped XL Bully who began to amusement aggression and leap up to her baby.
Meanwhile an aged pistillate and her grandchild were attacked by different escaped canine successful Sheffield.
A "wonderful" small girl, 10, was precocious mauled to death by an XL Bully successful North Yorkshire.
Which canine breeds are banned successful the UK?
THERE are circumstantial regulations successful spot that prohibit definite canine breeds from being owned oregon bred successful the UK.
So what are the illegal dogs successful the UK and wherefore are they illegal? Here's what we know.
Which canine breeds are amerciable successful the UK?
People thin to deliberation of large, vicious dogs erstwhile they ideate being bitten by one.
But the information is that galore types of dogs are known to wound humans, whether provoked oregon not.
However, it's important to retrieve that conscionable due to the fact that a breed tends to wound humans, that doesn't mean that they each do.
British instrumentality determines 5 breeds of canine are amerciable to own, breed, merchantability oregon springiness away.
These are an XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino and Fila Brasileiro.
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