Mail can reveal the force are having to rely on dog legislation officers from other parts of the UK to assist prosecutions.

Antrim and Newtownabbey council reveals there are 65 XL dogs in its borough - but exemption certificates for three remain ...

A dog owner whose XL bully attacked a police officer in Leicestershire has been jailed. The officer was inside a property in ...

The ban on ownership of XL Bully dogs, which came into effect today, is causing "mass confusion and panic" among dog owners and shelters, the head of the Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty ...

The XL Bully ban is heaping “tremendous” pressure on overstretched frontline police enforcing the Government law, an ex-dog legislation officer (DLO) has warned. Michael Barnett, who served ...

The officers seized the dog and a specialist at a police station confirmed Rose was an illegal XL bully. Since Feburary 2024 it has been illegal to own an XL bully without an excemption certificate.

An owner found to be in breach of the regulations by keeping an XL Bully after February 1 without an exemption certificate will have committed a criminal offence under the 1986 Control of Dogs Act.

The policing minister said she was aware of the “cost pressure” on police the XL bully ban had caused and wants to make sure forces get the funding to enforce it. Police chiefs have warned ...