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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  • Murvel@lemm.ee
    3112·
    1 year ago

    What’s there to be leery about? These dog breeds were bred for one thing and it sure wasn’t to be the perfect family dog.

    • PutangInaMo@lemmy.world
      62·
      1 year ago

      Well no, that’s where you’re wrong. Human aggression was a trait that was absolutely bred out of these dogs.

      Please go read up on how the American fighting pitbull dog was created, managed, trained, etc. Before throwing out bs online.

      • Murvel@lemm.ee
        31·
        1 year ago

        Well I did and it literally states in the first paragraph of the history of Pit Bulls on Wikipedia:

        The bull-and-terrier was a breed of dog developed in the United Kingdom in the early 19th century for the blood sports of dog fighting and rat baiting

        So I feel, idk, that you got some reading to do…