{"id":142043,"date":"2023-09-23T15:07:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T15:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=142043"},"modified":"2023-09-23T15:07:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T15:07:17","slug":"xl-bully-owners-protest-in-london-against-rishi-sunaks-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/world-news\/xl-bully-owners-protest-in-london-against-rishi-sunaks-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"XL Bully owners protest in London against Rishi Sunak&apos;s ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>XL Bully owners protest in London against Rishi Sunak&#8217;s ban on their beloved pets after series of vicious attacks (but they leave their dogs at home)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Prime Minister said he is going to ban the breed, but owners have hit back\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Hundreds of\u00a0XL Bully owners massed in London today to protest at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak&#8217;s plans to ban the breed.<\/p>\n<p>The muscular mutts have become public enemy number one in the dog world after a series of attacks by the powerful beasts in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>The breed is set to be banned by the end of the year following a series of attacks, including that of father-of-two Ian Price from Staffordshire, who was killed by two XL Bullies\u00a0after they jumped out of a neighbour&#8217;s window earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Owners are in a panic and abandoning their pets, or begging vets to change official records to say &#8216;Staffies&#8217; because they&#8217;re worried their dogs will be put down.<\/p>\n<p>Most say their dogs are completely safe and insist it is the minority of the animals which are actually dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>But while the owners were out in force in London they did not have any of their pets with them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/15\/75760677-12552529-image-a-49_1695480290509.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>People take part in a protest in central London, against the Government&#8217;s decision to add XL bully dogs to the list of prohibited breed<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/15\/75760679-12552529-image-a-48_1695480286888.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>One of the placards read &#8216;Don&#8217;t bully our bullies&#8217; while another declared &#8216;stop bullying our best friends&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/15\/75760667-12552529-image-a-50_1695480305543.jpg\" height=\"397\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>An extremely provocative t-shirt featured a photoshopped picture of the Prime Minister<\/p>\n<p>They are understood to have taken the decision due to a mix of fears that the dogs could be seized by police and the pr disaster possibility if one became aggressive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many of the protesters held banners aloft as they marched on Parliament to promote their cause.<\/p>\n<p>One of the placards read &#8216;Don&#8217;t bully our bullies&#8217; while another declared &#8216;stop bullying our best friends&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>An extremely provocative t-shirt featured a photoshopped picture of the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<p>The image showed Rishi Sunak in a dog muzzle with the slogan &#8216;Muzzle Rishi, don&#8217;t bully our breed&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michelle West, of Northfleet had\u00a0made placards for the rally outside Westminster showing her dog Ossie with seven-year-old daughter Elizabeth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/15\/75760675-12552529-image-a-61_1695480964274.jpg\" height=\"395\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Many of the protesters were wearing branded clothing and the placards looked professional<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/15\/75760673-12552529-image-a-62_1695480986018.jpg\" height=\"414\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>These dog lovers blamed bad owners rather than the animals for the series of scandals recently<\/p>\n<p>She told Kent Online:\u00a0\u201cPeople need to take responsibility for their dog. They are blaming the wrong end of the lead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I\u2019ve never known a dog so affectionate and soppy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just wants to be near you all the time and loves being cuddled and squeezed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sunak has said he has ordered ministers to convene a panel of experts, including the police, to define the breed so it can then be outlawed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The American XL Bully dog is a danger to our communities, particularly our children,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I share the nation&#8217;s horror at the recent videos we&#8217;ve all seen. Yesterday we saw another suspected XL Bully dog attack, which has tragically led to a fatality.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s clear this is not about a handful of badly trained dogs: it&#8217;s a pattern of behaviour and it cannot go on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;While owners already have a responsibility to keep their dogs under control, I want to reassure people that we are urgently working on ways to stop these attacks and protect the public.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/15\/75760685-12552529-image-a-51_1695480649699.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>This dog owner said the animals were not responsible and said it was the owners&#8217; faults<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/15\/75760687-12552529-image-a-52_1695480654039.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>She proudly held the sign aloft next to others wearing T-shirts which read &#8216;save our babies&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Today, I have tasked ministers to bring together police and experts to firstly define the breed of dog behind these attacks with a view to then outlawing it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is not currently a breed defined in law so this vital first step must happen fast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We will then ban the breed under the Dangerous Dogs Act and new laws will be in place by the end of the year.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12552529\/XL-Bully-owners-protest-London-against-Rishi-Sunaks-ban-beloved-pets-series-vicious-attacks-leave-dogs-home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>XL Bully owners protest in London against Rishi Sunak&#8217;s ban on their beloved pets after series of vicious attacks (but&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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