Jon PENNYCOOK

"'I dread the phone ringing': Inside the kennels responding to vicious XL bully attacks"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewzw812dd1o

"When an attack happens, Mark and his team get the call to go and seize the dog. Sometimes it is still with the body of its victim, Mark tells us."

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'I dread the phone ringing': Inside the kennels responding to vicious XL bully attacks

Staff tell Panorama the aggression levels of the dangerous dogs they help to seize are rising.

BBC News
Mar 30 at 9:47amWeb
Show threadJon PENNYCOOK5d ago
'"It's bad with an adult. It's even harder with a kid for me," Mark says. "I hate school holidays. I hate the half-term. I hate Christmas. I dread the phone ringing, because the bites do increase during the holiday period and half-term and it's just horrendous"'
'Official police figures show that dog attacks in general have been rising year on year in the UK since 2018, and our research has found that in the 12 months following the ban, at least six people were killed...'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewzw812dd1o
'I dread the phone ringing': Inside the kennels responding to vicious XL bully attacks

Staff tell Panorama the aggression levels of the dangerous dogs they help to seize are rising.

BBC News