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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Sam Hall

Enforcing XL bully ban ‘placing huge burden on policing’

Since February, it has been a criminal offence to own an XL bully dog in England and Wales without an exemption certificate (Jacob King/PA) - (PA Archive)

Enforcing a ban on XL bully dogs is placing a “huge burden on policing”, with millions of pounds spent on veterinary bills and kennelling, police chiefs have warned.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said kennel spaces were “reaching capacity”, with costs “increasing by the day”.

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