Police spend £2.2 MILLION on kenneling dangerous dogs as ban on owning XL Bullies comes into effect this week
Police are spending £2.2million to kennel dangerous dogs as a ban on owning an XL Bully comes into force this week.
The armed forces are preparing for an expected increase in demand for the animals' confinement responsible for at least twelve deaths since the pandemic.
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Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire And Cambridgeshire According to contract details, police spend £450,000 collecting and kenneling dogs they seize under the Dangerous Dogs Act.
The Lincolnshire Force expects to spend £350,000, North Yorks has completed a £240,000 deal and Norfolk while Suffolk offers £60,000.
Leicestershire signed a £1.2 million deal last year.
Since the beginning of the year it has been illegal to breed, sell, advertise, exchange, donate, rehome, abandon or allow XL Bully dogs to roam in England and Wales.
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From Thursday it will become illegal to own one if it is not registered on an exemption index.
The dogs must be chipped and neutered and owners of the American breed must keep them muzzled and on a leash in public.
The laws came after deadly attacks by animals bred for fighting.
Victims include Ian Langley54, whose throat was torn out as he bent down to pick up his own puppy Sunderland in October.