Suella Braverman pushes for ban of 'lethal danger' XL Bully dogs
uk.yahoo.com
The home secretary is seeking "urgent advice" about banning American XL Bully dogs as footage shows one of the animals attacking an 11-year-old girl and a man in Birmingham. Suella Braverman has said the animals are a "clear and lethal" danger after the video of the attack in Bordesley Green emerged on the social media platform TikTok. West Midlands Police are investigating after two men, who were bitten and left with injuries to their shoulders and arms, were taken to hospital to be treated for their injuries after the incident on Saturday.

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  • sirjash@feddit.de
    41·
    10 months ago

    Black market for dogs that shouldn't exist anymore after 10 years? What would you do with a dog you couldn't take out of the house? Where's the demand? I can't imagine pitbull junkies selling everything they own just to get one more pup either

    • dan@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      Well the black market doesn't exist because it's not legal to own a pitbull - as you say, who wants a dog they can't take outside?

      My point is if you ban breeding but you don't ban owning the dog then you risk creating that black market.

      • OskarAxolotl@lemmy.world
        1·
        10 months ago

        You only allow people who already own a banned dog to keep it. After a few years it will become obvious that anybody who owns a young illegal dog must have purchased it after the ban.

        • dan@lemm.eeEnglish
          11·
          10 months ago

          I get the concept but the downside of banning sales without banning ownership is it will have zero immediate effect, risks creating a black market in the short term. It may even increase the demand for those dogs (see the increase in gun sales in the US when there’s a threat of legislation).

          So I can’t imagine any reasonable government supporting that approach.

          • OskarAxolotl@lemmy.world
            2·
            10 months ago

            I don't think there is a proper short term solution to this problem. At least dogs don't live forever. A gun bought now can still be used to shoot somebody in a hundred years, a pitbull, on the other hand, has an average life expectancy of 12-14 years.