Belfast had the most attacks followed by Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon council area
Documentation provided to a Stormont committee discussing whether to change the rules around owning XL bully dogs, shows there were 1,359 dog attacks across Northern Ireland in the year 2023/24.
The AERA committee was asked to sign off on adding XL bully type dogs to the dangerous dogs list for Northern Ireland. It comes after a move in England that saw the breed banned unless such a dog has been registered. Dog attacks in NI in 2023/2024 compared to XL attacks Antrim and Newtownabbey 74/10 Ards and North Down 132/1 Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon 215/25 Belfast City Council 391/8 Causeway Coast and Glens 127/0 Derry and Strabane 89/0 Fermanagh and Omagh 79/0 Lisburn and Castlereagh 41/2 Mid and East Antrim 36/1 Mid Ulster 93/0 Newry, Mourne and Down 82/1 It means "owners of XL Bully Dogs will be required to appropriately record and account for their dog".
Owners have been urged to prepare for the new safeguards by training their dog to wear a muzzle and plan to meet the new regulations if they plan to keep it. UFU says it comes as more dog owners are letting their pets off the lead in the countryside when many can't order the pooches back to their side.
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