Only 400 XL Bullys culled in official scheme as 70,000 left in UK

JUST 400 XL Bullys were culled successful an authoritative strategy — leaving 70,000.

Owners who said they paid for a lethal jab made 404 claims for £200 compensation.

Four claimed £100 each for a foundation euthanising the pet.

And determination were 21 claims for £100 wherever the XL was rehomed.

Government figures amusement of the 429 full claims, 23 were invalid.

The strategy outgo taxpayers £78,900.

XLs person killed astatine slightest a twelve Brits since 2022.

A prohibition came successful past February.

Some 55,000 are registered, with 15,000 kept illegally.

Pre-ban, immoderate bought XLs for arsenic small arsenic £10, past had them enactment down to assertion £200.

Others claimed cull currency but dumped pets successful forests.

Elizabeth Pettugani, who needed country aft an attack, blasted: “I deliberation astir radical conscionable didn’t privation to enactment them down due to the fact that it’s their dogs, and the wealth isn’t worthy it for that.

“They are bred for warring and though not each of them are dangerous, successful the incorrect hands, these are sidesplitting machines.

“If they’re a unsafe proprietor and they’re paid for their canine to beryllium enactment down, it’s similar a present.

“In the incorrect hands, idiosyncratic mightiness conscionable instrumentality that woody for the money.”